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"speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. John Mose",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for granting me an opportunity to also add my voice to this very deserving Motion. First of all, I want to congratulate the Mover, my colleague, Hon. George Gitonga Murugara who also happens to have been my classmate at the university. We have to be very honest and candid to ourselves because as a nation we have been very unfair to village elders. In Kisii village elders are notoriously referred to as ‘abatureti’ because of the role they play is extremely critical. If you want any information regarding any member of the village where you come from, the first port of call where you get this information are the village elders. They play such a critical role to the extent that without them, the assistant chiefs, chiefs and even District Officers will find it very difficult to operate. When it comes to disputes in the village, they are extremely important. At 6.00 a.m. or even earlier, people are at their The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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