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    "id": 1196258,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Aldai, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marianne Kitany",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this Motion on Recognition and Remuneration of Village Elders. Since their appointment in 2014, they have never been remunerated and yet any Government official who is appointed to serve in Government needs to be remunerated. The kind of work and services they render in our communities are numerous. For example, we have heard that they deal with any matter from domestic issues about a husband, wife, and children to whatever issues that happen in our community. The whole system of administration from the chiefs upwards, depends on information given to them by the village elders. They are the ones who know what happens in the village. For example, if I have 568 village elders in my constituency, they will all tell me and the administration the issues that happen in the constituency or in that particular village where they serve. It is important for them to be remunerated for the work they do. Currently, their remuneration is based on payments from warring parties that they deal with. Whoever pays the piper calls the tune. So, if we have two warring parties and one of them pays and the other does not, the village elder will assist the person who has paid. We need an independent person who is Government to pay for these services."
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