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    "id": 676402,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogolla",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": "that line of arrangement are the village elders and the community health workers (CHWs). The village elders and (CHWs) are volunteering and are doing a lot of work. I once said the CHWs could easily replace the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics because they have the data as it occurs. They have the data of every household because they visit those homes every single day. In a similar manner, we have the village elders. They are the ones who have details. In my view, we would rather do not have the county and sub-county commissioners. We can do away with all this and have the sub-location assistant chiefs and the village elders. They are people who are down with those communities. They know their problems and in my view, those are the people who need to be paid. They are a big bunch and have volunteered for far too long. They have done a lot of work without any clear recognition. In my view, as we look forward to this, I plead with my colleagues that as we are moving forward to implementing the new National Government Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) Act, for purposes of social security, we can also initiate an action from our side, at our own individual constituency level. We must find a way of helping those village elders. This can be taken up by the individual Member in as much as we want to insist that the Government must, in good manner, recognise materially that those people are doing a useful work in the villages and we need them. They are useful and they should be part of the Civil Service whichever way we look at it, so that they may be on some regular pay that is known. With that, I support but we need to look, as a House, at what is happening with our resolutions. We are passing certain things, but they will all be in vain if we are not careful. Thank you."
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