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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was contributing on the remuneration of village elders. My name is Phylis Bartoo, the Member of Parliament for Moiben. I started by saying that the remuneration of village elders should be anchored in law. According to Article 41 of the Constitution on labour relations, if you contract the services of any person, you are supposed to compensate them for the services provided. I also said that village elders are the most misused members of society. They volunteer their services to society and sit in many public committees to resolve disputes before they are taken to other administrative officers such as chiefs. They also enforce health interventions such as immunisations, as was the case with COVID-19, which ravaged the society. Village elders were very active in mobilising and sensitising members of communities to get immunised. They also register births and deaths in the community. They register deaths of newborns. They are a unit of analysis in the society. That is where everything begins. In a society, everything starts with the village elders and yet, they do not get any compensation. As one of the Hon. Member has said, he who pays the piper calls the tune. That means that they are at the mercy of those who give them something small. When I was in my constituency, a few weeks ago, I met some village elders and they were requesting to, at least, be given uniforms so that they can get recognition in the society. They sit when bursaries are being given by the national Government and county governments yet they are not considered. If these members of the society are not recognised and paid, they 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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