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    "content": "(f) Any other national Government administrative officer in respect of a service delivery unit established under Section 14.” This is what we seek to add here, that instead of after “e”, we are introducing a village elder falling immediately after an Assistant Chief. There are so many villages that are found in a sub-location. Depending on the number of those villages, so shall the number of the village elders be. We sought to introduce this additional responsibility in light of what is taking place currently in Kenya and the world over. In Kenya, for example, we have had some threats to the security of our people. Security is not a devolved function, it is still a function held by the national Government. So, for every unit or village to be felt, there must be a responsible person who collects information that monitors and keeps data of all the persons who enter into every village and hence into every part of this country. Whether that person has any good or ill motives, that person should be certified. It is very difficult for one officer called an Assistant Chief who is underpaid. If you look at their salary scale, an Assistant Chief earns between Kshs12,000 and Kshs14, 000, yet you expect that we can deal with some of this criminality that we see encroaching. The Bill seeks to make the presence of the national Government be felt at the grassroots level. Somebody was challenging this by saying “what about the village administrator that the governors use?” Those are parallel governments; we are dealing with a government that is supposed to secure the people of Kenya in terms of security. Somebody was also saying “where are we going to get salary for them?” We are also saying that this is not a money Bill as indicated, but an honoraria can be given to them. We do not have to struggle to get that money if the national Government in the Office of the President where they all belong can easily identify a small fund that may not necessarily be a salary that can be used on them."
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