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    "id": 575574,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuki",
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        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to air my views on this issue of the village elders, who were popularly known as “Sub Areas” and now are called “Village Managers”. For any national Government and administration, that is the route to take. Today, if you wanted to know how many kids were born last night, you can have that data on your fingertips by just initiating your move right from the Presidents’ Office to the village. The village elders know everything that goes on in the village. Those people are poor not because they do not have a source of income, but because they also do other jobs that we Members of Parliament and chiefs do not do. The responsibility they have usually comes with monetary demands. For instance, if they found a lady delivering by the roadside, they would be bound to give something due to their circumstances. Therefore, financial empowerment for the village elders will be critical in helping the Government to function better. We can find a way in which these men and women who have intimate connection with the village can also be incorporated into benefiting from the money that is wasted at the county level, where we have ward administrators. They need to be remunerated, so that the load at the county level gets lighter."
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