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    "id": 346553,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyambati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Walter Enock Osebe Nyambati",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to strongly support this Bill. I am happy to note that this Bill is safeguarding the positions of chief and assistant chief. We all know that assistant chiefs and chiefs do a commendable job in this country. There is no government which can carry out its functions if it cannot rely on the primary functions of assistant chiefs and chiefs. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as politicians, we must also understand that if allow this system of government to be controlled by governors and other elected leaders; it will be very dangerous for this country. It will be a recipe for chaos. We also know that this country is balkanised in terms of its various sections. The fact of the matter is that the President will not be able to control the entire country. We might find that a governor of a certain section of the country is opposed to the President and the President might not be able to control that part of the country. Therefore, it is extremely important that this system runs directly from the village to the national levels, so that whoever becomes the President of this country can control it. He should be able to take control of the security of the whole country. Therefore, it is extremely important that, as Parliament and a nation, we look beyond what we are doing to ensure that we have the interests of this country at heart. To do so is to allow whoever is going to be the President of this country to have control over it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to say that serving chiefs and assistant chiefs are paid peanuts. Therefore, it should be the first responsibility of the Salaries and Remunerations Commission to look at what these officers earn, because they do fundamental jobs. They are in charge of the security and development at the grassroots level of this country. So, it is extremely important that we take care of them seriously. Another thing I want to say is that this Bill must also take care of village elders because that is where the national administration starts from. These are women and men who have served this country for free. It is about time---"
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