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    "id": 345311,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. H. Ali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Hussein Ali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to join my colleagues in supporting this Bill for one reason. In my area and particularly the northern parts of this country, life without chiefs is quite unimaginable. In most parts of that area, there are no policemen or policewomen. It is only the chiefs who represent the Government. When there are disputes and conflict, it is the chiefs who become the link between the Government and the public. Quite often in those areas because of the harsh terrain there are always conflicts between clans and communities for one reason or another. For example, it can be because of cattle rustling or something else. It can even be about family disputes. It is the chiefs who handle this because you will hardly find magistrates’ courts in those parts of the country. It is the chiefs who are mandated to do that work and they do it very well. Owing to the limited facilities we have in this country, were it not for the chiefs, we would have had a number of people being in courts and would be sentenced to serve in prison. However, where will we take them because our prisons, right now, are full beyond capacity? It is the chiefs who have been providing dispute resolutions and we need them. The other reason is that the county governments are yet to be tested. We do not know whether the county governments will function and whether they will be accepted by all the communities."
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