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    "id": 1353685,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute on this very important Bill. I rise to second this Bill. At the outset, I thank and congratulate the Member from Malava Constituency, my friend Hon. Injendi, for bringing this progressive piece of legislation that is meant to protect a cadre of people who have worked so hard for this nation, but have never been compensated. I am here to make a case for the village elders in Kenya. They have served this country with honour and dedication since time immemorial. Those are people whom many people think they are in Government. Actually, most Members of Parliament rely on village elders to get some information more than even the other gazetted administrative officers. Most intelligence agencies get information from those village elders. It is absurd, unfortunate and regrettable that village elders in this country do not receive any monetary compensation. It is time we rise up, as a House, and protect this particular group of people by passing this progressive amendment to the National Government Co-ordination Act that is in place."
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