{"id":1353698,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1353698/?format=json","text_counter":564,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Emgwen, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Josses Lelmengit","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill on the remuneration of village elders. First, I congratulate the Member for Malava, Hon. Injendi, for coming up with this important Bill. I support giving village elders a stipend or salary every month. Secondly, I appreciate all the village elders in this country, especially from Emgwen Constituency, for the wonderful job they are doing. In my constituency, I have close to 330 village elders, and the kind of service they offer to the public and Government is immense. I do not see any reason why we cannot give them a stipend to enable them deliver services properly."}