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    "id": 892407,
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    "speaker_name": "Teso South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Omuse",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also add my voice to this very important Motion. I thank the Hon. Member who brought the Motion to the House. I will be very brief. Village elders hold the grassroots for this country. I come from a border constituency in Busia County. We neighbour Uganda. In Uganda, village elders are armed. They have rifles and assist in security matters. I wish we could borrow that practice and introduce it here in Kenya. It will help us a lot, especially in fighting terrorism. We need to remunerate them because they also have families. They lead normal lives. They give most of their time to discharge duties for this country. I wish to ask this honourable House to move with speed and remunerate the village elders. As it has been mentioned before, if it is possible, the Mover should come up with a Bill so that it is made into law. Where possible, it should be factored in the next Budget in the Financial Year 2019/2020 so that village elders can be paid."
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