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    "id": 345259,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kaino",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 32,
        "legal_name": "Boaz Kipchumba Kaino",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me join my colleagues in supporting this Bill. Most of the hon. Members in this House know exactly the role of these chiefs. Some of the functions of these chiefs are very silent. These chiefs act sometimes act as judges. If their positions are scrapped from our society, you will see chaos even in the courts. There are very many cases that these chiefs settle. They settle very small disputes that would have ended up in courts. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support my colleagues who have said that the functions of the chiefs must be set properly and they must be protected from politicians. These chiefs act as education officers and even agricultural extension officers. They do a lot of work for 24 hours and get very little money. These chiefs are very important. I tend to believe that we are misleading ourselves if we think that the role of chiefs will be replaced by other people like the governors. From the beginning, the governor should not have been an elective post because if they are elected. They will not be neutral. If they are ODM or TNA, then they will never be neutral. We need neutral people like the DCs or chiefs. They cannot be partisan or take sides as politicians. It was a mistake made in the Constitution. They should have been appointed as civil servants. With those few words, I support this Bill. We should strengthen the chiefs and the assistant chiefs because they are very important."
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