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    "id": 892405,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/892405/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "We enjoy life in this country without knowing that there are people out there who contribute to the good life that we lead. I want to highlight some examples. In Ethiopia for example, village elders are taken very seriously. Because of that, they have fewer crimes, terrorism and other forms of law breakages in Ethiopia because of the way village elders are organised. When talking about remunerating this particular class, people jump into figures. I want to jump into that. In this country, there are approximately 6,000 sub-locations. If we get about five village elders per sub-location, you are looking at about 30,000 village elders. If we just gave them about Kshs10,000 per month, that will interpret into Kshs300 million. In a year, we will be talking about Kshs3 billion or Kshs3.5 billion. Our wage bill in 2018 was in excess of Kshs650 billion. The Kshs3 billion that we will be looking for, for this very important group will only amount to 0.46 per cent. Even when we are in Nairobi, we are sure that our villages, people and borders are secure because of these people who spend their 24 hours working for us. I support the Motion."
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