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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Kipkemboi Melly",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will also take this time to congratulate the Senator for West Pokot who was also my lecturer at the University for bringing such a wonderful Motion at this time when we have county governments in place. I will start by saying that wazee wa mitaa or village elders have suffered. From what I know, village elders have no offices. That is one. Two, they do not have any money. They only get something small when a cow is stolen from a family. He is forced to come in to try and resolve the issues. At the end of the day, when they find the animal, that is when he gets, at least, Kshs500 or Kshs1,000, probably, after a month. Other instances could be when a neighbour sells a piece of land. He comes in as a witness and is given Kshs500. That is what they earn. Having in mind the work they do, right from security issues to resolving conflicts affecting villagers at that level, we should come up with something to compensate them. They are also leaders like us, but the only challenge they face is that they work at the village level while we are at the national level. A number of them have not gone to school. However, the kind of decisions they reach, in everything they deal with in the village, show that they have a lot of wisdom. Irrespective of the level of crime, village elders have always sat down and solved issues. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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