{"id":675017,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/675017/?format=json","text_counter":128,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Rotino","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2774,"legal_name":"Philip Lotiolo Ruto Rotino","slug":"philip-lotiolo-ruto-rotino"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this very important Motion. From the outset, in supporting this Motion, I wish to congratulate my colleague so much for thinking so much and bringing it at the right time. We all realise what the elders do. As politicians, we actually use elders to gather information for ourselves in all that we do. They are a supporting pillar for any kind of development we do in every village. There is an elder in every village and community. They do a lot of work ranging from gathering information for the Government, running the community to assisting in resolving any kind of squabbles in the community. They do a lot of work. They arbitrate in these meetings. They do a lot of work yet we do not recognise them."}