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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am not quite aware, but I hear that under “ kumi kumi” ten people are organized by Government. That kind of thing without being anchored in any law is useless. That is why we need to marry the devolution structure with the national structure, especially in security, so that the village head who will be heading this government, with his small government or baraza of responsible older men and women, probably, even nominated by their own small villagers, sit there to look at all the small matters in the village. They will look into security matters, visitors who came in and they do not know where they came from, people who do not have identity cards, marry without paying dowry, mess up the village or take other people’s wives and cause chaos. They could deal with those small things in the village and bring a lot of harmony. That is why Tanzania is safer than Kenya. Look at all the communist countries which became socialists, including Ethiopia. Although they threw away communism, they retained something very critical; the organization of government up to the village level. The reason Somalis do not attack Ethiopia is because every village has a government. It does not cost a lot of money, most of it is volunteer, only that you make sure that there is some security, that some people 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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