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    "id": 1373483,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Suzanne Kiamba",
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    "content": "Secondly, it is very unfair to have unpaid workers being used by the national and county Governments. As most Hon. Members have narrated, they do a lot of work. It is very painful that we lack money to pay the person who works directly with the people at the grassroot, but have money to pay all the others from assistant chiefs up to us, as parliamentarians. Let us be honest, all of us rely on the village elders to get work done. If this Bill goes through, it would be honourable for this House because it would empower them. We will also have money going to the grassroots. Nowadays, it is difficult to get Ksh1000 circulating in a village. However, having these village elders paid will devolve money into the villages and money circulation will improve. Thirdly, we realise that these village elders are multidisciplinary. They are not like the church agents who claim to be sociologist or legal persons. They are everything that the community needs. With a little incentive, they would be the pillars of transformation in our villages and this nation. It would be proper if all of us supported this Bill. We should not think of the budget when it comes to people who work. This country sometimes can be strange. How can we miss to allocate money to the people who work and allocate to the ones who do not? These are people who the chiefs, assistant chiefs and politicians depend on very much. Fourthly, so that I may also give time to other people, we realise that for years, they have been volunteering. It is only worth that we give our village elders dignity and we give them some incentive inform of payment for the many years they have worked. We, indeed, recognise their effort. This is a Bill that we should take through and the budget provided. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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