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    "id": 187321,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ngugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Mwaniki Ngugi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am saying that the Government uses a lot of money in paying other people even in fighting corruption. If you look at the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), how much money has been spent by this body? How much money is spent by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) which is funded from taxpayers' money? How much money is spent by parastatals that have gone down with public money? Those bodies are not more important than the community village elders that help our people to bring harmony. They help our people to live together. They also help people keep their traditions. If we had recognised these elders and paid them a salary, may be even the clashes that occurred after the 2007 General Elections would not have occurred. These elders would have felt that they have a duty and responsibility to advise both the politicians and the young people who were used by the politicians, not to engage in tribal hatred and violence. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, these elders did not feel that it was their responsibility. Instead, they felt that it was their responsibility to act to the whims of the politicians or whoever else had paid them. This is why we should address them by bringing a Bill into Parliament that corrects those mistakes so that going forward to the future, we will have a very harmonised country. We will have a country that recognises its elders and other citizenry who do good work for this country. With those few remarks, I second the Motion."
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