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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/892257/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sabatia, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alfred Masadia",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alfred Agoi Masadia",
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    "content": "Village elders are very important in our country. They do not even have favourable working hours. They work day and night but they are not remunerated. We have been told that Members of Parliament earn a lot of money and they do not work, but the village elders do more work and earn nothing. I support this Motion and say that the elders have to be paid. The Government has to put a policy in place which should also ensure that there is a method which is used to select them. The elders handle all manner of problems. When it comes to education, we depend on them to get the problems that are on the ground and help students. Right now, we have serious cases of defilement and students who have to go through 100 per cent transition according to the Government policy. We depend on the elders to look into those homes and get all those students in schools. We want to get those bad people in the villages to be apprehended so that we eliminate defilement cases. We depend on village elders who bring up the information to the chiefs and later on to the Government. Dispute resolution is very important. They are the first people who solve many domestic issues in homes because of lack of resources in these families. We have had problems with the economy. Families are going down financially and that has caused a lot of domestic problems and elders are the ones who are helping us to solve these problems. I request that the Government goes ahead and formulates this policy. Instead of saying “this House further urges the Government”, we should say the “House directs the Government to formulate and implement a policy on the criteria for recruitment and remuneration of village elders.” Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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