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    "id": 892352,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/892352/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Khwisero, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Christopher Wangaya",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Aseka Wangaya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to also join my colleagues in supporting this Motion that village elders must be remunerated, appreciated and supported. On Friday last week, we had an attack in Khwisero and the first person to relay this information to all of us was a village elder. I stand today to say that as a House we must graduate from Motions to Bills that can anchor this proposal in law so that these people can be supported. Village elders are a link between the public and the Government. They disseminate very serious Government information and Government policy to the public. We use these people for many activities like Nyumba Kumi operations, security operations and many other tricky and very dangerous operations. It is only fair as a nation that we appreciate by allocating something, even if it is in form of responsibility allowance, for them to sustain themselves and their families. In Luhyaland, these people only get some token in the form of amakata and these things sometimes encourage corruption because people who have problems approach village elders and for them to get something, they demand for something called amakata . So, it is only fair that as a House we support this Motion that the Government should remunerate them. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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