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    "id": 184926,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Section 7 of the Chief's Act allows the chief to employ persons to assist him in carrying out his duties. Sections 12 and 13 allow the same chief to employ people to help in cases of emergencies and in conservation efforts. Under Section 14, such persons are paid from public funds, but Section 7 that allows the chief to employ people to assist in administration duties does not provide for payment. There is, therefore, a lacuna in our laws. It is for this purpose that I have brought this Motion. We have embraced the concept of a working nation. We have Kenyans who are working hard, yet as a nation, we have not recognised those ordinary Kenyans who do extra-ordinary things that make this nation great. Those ordinary Kenyans like the ECD teachers, the village elders who work in every village and provide information intelligence to the chiefs, the Government and the councillors who work with wananchi at the civic levels are not recognised and paid for their work. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not only a legal issue. If a law empowers one to employ, that law should not only empower him to hire, but also to fire and to also pay for services rendered. It is in this regard that I brought this Motion, so that those Kenyans across many villages in Kenya shall be rewarded for the very important work that they do for this nation. Other speakers who have contributed to this Motion have all acknowledged the important work that these Kenyans do. I do not need to repeat it. I am very pleased that the Government has also recognised the role these Kenyans play. The Minister has talked about the role of the village elders. In Leviticus Chapter 9 Verse 13, the Bibles says:- \"The wages of him whom you have hired shall not stay with you all night\". The Bible requires that if you hire, you must pay wages for the work done. So, this is not only a legal issue. It is also a moral issue. I wish to end by saying that village elders should be paid. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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