{"id":892427,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/892427/?format=json","text_counter":334,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kaiti, WDM-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Joshua Kivinda","speaker":{"id":13353,"legal_name":"Joshua Kivinda Kimilu","slug":"joshua-kivinda-kimilu"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion about our village elders. First, I thank the Member who came up with the Motion because it is long overdue. Village elders do a lot of work and give services to us and community in development. Our county commissioners and deputy county commissioners, chiefs and sub-chiefs use village elders to get information about mwananchi . In my Kaiti Constituency, three months ago, a village elder was beaten brutally by people as he tried to fight against illicit brew. Up to date, the village elder has not been compensated. Village elders do a lot of work in mobilising people to attend chiefs’ and assistant chiefs’"}