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    "id": 674997,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/674997/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Injendi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Malulu Injendi",
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    "content": "You also realize that in order to exercise leadership effectively you must have power, and for you to have this power, you must have money. If you do not have money, then you will not have power and you cannot exercise leadership effectively. It is on the basis of this that we actually want to empower our village elders to really work effectively and for people to have respect for them, particularly now that the county governments have put in place their systems. For example, in my county, they have actually recruited up to that level. The next thing they are working on is to start recruiting village elders and then start paying them. For the national Government to be felt and for these particular persons to really work diligently for the Government, I am proposing that this Government considers some form of remuneration to ensure that we appreciate their work. These particular persons have been working since Independence and have actually continued to serve. Where I come from, these village elders are actually elected by the community to lead. Again, when you look at the kind of service they are providing, it is like we are not considering them for any payment. It is like we are undermining their efforts in provision of services. It is through this that I urge the Government to actually consider some payments. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also brought a Motion before on the Kenyatta Mausoleum. Before that Motion was on the Floor, there was an Hon. Member who developed a Bill. For Members also to know, I am actually working on a Bill so as to ensure it becomes law and no Member of this Hon. House can actually take it away from my feet by developing a Bill. Otherwise as I move this, I call upon Hon. Mwadime to second."
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