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    "speaker_name": "Mandera East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hussein Weytan",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this golden opportunity. Village elders are a very important component of our society. They play a vital role in the society. Though not recognised before, they play very great roles in solving most of the problems that affect our society. But for them, I am sure our Judiciary would not handle the number of cases that are there. The Judiciary would be overwhelmed by the number of cases reported there. These people have been helping our administrative units; namely, Assistant Chiefs, Chiefs, Division Officers (DOs) and all the others, in solving problems especially in Mandera, where I come from. Most of the problems are solved by the village elders. Unfortunately, they have never been remunerated. We now want this great Parliament to pass this Motion so they can easily be remunerated like other leaders at the location and sub-location levels. Once this is done, I can assure you the workload and number of cases that have been lying in the Judiciary for several years will be minimised. We will have a quality Judiciary in this country. If there are around 90,000 sub-locations in this country and we have around three village elders in every sub-location, this will total to 270,000 village elders. If you give them a remuneration of Ksh20,000 or Ksh25,000, that is not much. In fact, it is extremely minimal compared to the work they do. Therefore, I request Hon. Members to support this Motion so this can be entrenched in our Constitution and these people are given their rightful share. Village elders solve very sensitive cases. Sometimes, they even risk their lives. When they solve a sensitive case, one party is happy and the other unhappy. As a result, they might have problems. Some of them are killed and others suffer. They have no pension, salaries or healthcare benefits. We need to change this situation and remunerate them. It will motivate them and they will play more vital roles in the society. In the recent past, our villages have been increasing day in, day out. Unfortunately, the Government does not move very fast in turning them into sub-locations. These are the people who support the Government in handling cases at the village level. Unfortunately, they are not recognised. From now onwards, after we pass this Motion, we want the Government to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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