{"id":543882,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/543882/?format=json","text_counter":223,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"understand and appreciate the pulse of the society. Therefore, they bring very rich knowledge, culture, diversity, experience and wealth of information. In fact, I have sat down with village elders before and the level of information that I have gotten from them in terms of what we can call raw intelligence is sometimes so important and vital in the management of public security and affairs. I want to commend Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo for having taken the trouble to formalize this whole idea of village elders because I think we must appreciate the monumental responsibilities that most village elders undertake. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, once we formalize and recruit village elders through a competitive process---"}