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    "id": 349374,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/349374/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 178,
        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, l beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that there is no scheme of service, but the Government appreciates and recognizes the work performed by village elders in support of chiefs and assistant chiefs at the grassroots level countrywide. Indeed, village elders or headmen, as they are popularly known, provide an essential link in service delivery for the chiefs and assistant chiefs and, by extension, the Government at large. Parliament passed an amendment to the Chiefs Act in 2010 to provide for appointment of village elders and their remuneration as may be determined by the Minister. Those amendments came in the face of ongoing restructuring of the Provincial Administration as envisaged in Section 17 of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, 2010. In this connection, the position of village elders will be considered in the process of restructuring."
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