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    "id": 892254,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/892254/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Runyenjes, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Eric Njiru",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Eric Muchangi Njiru",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this very good Motion on our village elders. Let me start by saying that this is an idea whose time has come because village elders are a very famous lot. When people die in the villages, it is reported to village elders. When there is an issue which the Government needs to know, our people go to the village elders. These are a group of people who have been rendering services and working closely with chiefs and assistant chiefs and assisting the Government. Therefore, it is time we supported the idea of having them motivated and remunerated. When you met them, they are much organised. There are groups of junior, senior and retired village elders. We even have retired village elders who have never earned a coin and never been motivated and appreciated for the services they have been offering for their country. Many of them have even risked their lives. They attend to some issues that are risky. I support the idea of having them get something at the end of the month so that they are able to cater for their daily expenses. It is very shocking that there is something for the many people who work in our Government today, but there has been nothing for our village elders. It is time we remembered them and supported the idea of having them get something at the end of the month. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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