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    "id": 675032,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Abass",
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I join my colleagues to support the Motion. It is beyond anybody‟s reasoning that village elders and wazees play a critical role in the society‟s setup. These are the people who have a lot of knowledge, historical knowledge and memories. They keep a lot of memories for the society and the growing youth. The same elders play a big role in counselling the youth and the middle-aged persons in society. They also play a great role in dispute resolution. If it were not for the elders within the society, may things would have gone wrong. As the saying goes, “things do not go wrong where elders are”. Now that we have new Acts which are under the counties in the new Constitution, the village elders are recognised. They are part of the establishment of the county administrative units. It is high time these village elders and the society elders are recognised for their role. They should be given some tokens to say “thank you” for the services they are doing to the society. Most of the time we have national exercises like census and vaccinations, these elders move from place to place to identify who is who. They move to various villages yet they have no support. They are not given any transport or paid any tokens for the work they are doing. That is not being fair to the wazees and the village elders. As leaders of this country, it is high time we appreciate and recognise the role these society elders play. They must be recognised and paid some honoraria to appreciate the service they are giving to the society. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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