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    "content": "I had received a petition from chiefs across the country at my Ministry. They were raising concerns about their future and the implementation of the Constitution. In their petition, they were wondering whether this Constitution will abolish their offices and what kind of restructuring would take place. I was very grateful that hon. Musikari Kombo took up this petition. This House approved the petition and I want to congratulate my colleague, the Minister, Katoo ole Metito, for bringing this Bill to this House. This Bill is one way of answering that petition because through this legislation, we will assure the chiefs that they will have their role to play as officers of the National Government. This does not necessarily mean that they will undermine the concept of having a devolved system of governance. Through this Bill, they will be accommodated. We want them to go back to work, especially this time when we are going into elections. We know the role they play. We know what assistant chiefs, including village elders, do for our country. They played a very important role when we were carrying out our population census. However, when it came to the registration of voters, we had problems because at that time, chiefs and assistant chiefs were feeling insecure and village elders were not helping us in the mobilization of registration of voters."
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