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"content": " Hon. John Kaguchia."
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"speaker_name": "Mukurweini, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the amendment of Article 89 of the Constitution of Kenya in as far as ensuring that we retain the 27 protected constituencies, of which Mukurweini is one."
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"speaker_name": "Mukurweini, UDA",
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"content": "Mukurweini Constituency has existed since 1963 (Since independence). To clarify, we have had various Members of Parliament from 1963. We had Hon. Wareithi in 1963, who served for three terms; Hon. Koigi wa Mwai, Hon. Ngugi Jorori, who sat in this House, Hon. Muhika Mutahi; Hon. Mutahi Kagwe, Hon. Kabando wa Kabado and Hon. Anthoy Kiai Githiaga. I now represent the constituency."
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, the people of Mukurweini Constituency have been represented in this august House since Independence. We do not expect the amendment of the Constitution 2010 to remove in any way a benefit from them. I support strongly that we retain and protect all the 27 constituencies that existed before the promulgation of the Constitution, 2010. It says that we cannot lose the benefits that we enjoyed before its promulgation. The 27 constituencies have served constituents for a long time. They enjoy the benefits of having a constituency. They have a legitimate expectation that they will continue enjoying them. Any of these constituencies should not be lost in any way."
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"speaker_name": "Mukurweini, UDA",
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"content": "For example, Nyeri County has three constituencies which risk being merged with others, when IEBC conducts the second delimitation of electoral units that is due. They are Mukurweini Constituency, Othaya Constituency and Tetu Constituency which is represented by our good friend who is here, Hon. Geoffrey Wandeto. As a county, we do not see a situation where we will lose three constituencies. We need to retain all the 27 constituencies. We should The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "also get a formula that we can use to add more constituencies. This will take care of the bigger ones that have more people. I support that the people of Mukurweini should retain their constituency as they have had since 1963."
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"content": "As I conclude, we have stayed for a period of time without IEBC commissioners. This creates a great injustice to the constituents whose Members died or do not represent them anymore. There are also wards that are not being represented. For that reason, I support that the IEBC secretariat, led by the CEO, should be given the leeway to conduct elections in these constituencies and wards. I support that Kenyans need to be given justice by being represented. When we were drafting the Constitution, we did not foresee this. We have to improve the law continuously, so that every person can be represented. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would like to yield my time, so that other Members can contribute. I thank you."
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"content": " Very well. Hon. Geoffrey Mwangi."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to these two very important Statements. Allow me to start with the legislative proposal to amend Article 89 of the Constitution on delimitation of electoral units. Boundaries review is a very emotive exercise. On the face of it, it sounds like a straightforward exercise guided by numerical formulae. However, this is not true. The current boundaries have some historical realities which we can only ignore at our peril. If we start tinkering with them without giving it much thought, we can invite a lot of unintended consequences. For Example, Lamu East and Lamu West constituencies have been earmarked for scrapping. Lamu County has two constituencies. If we lose the two constituencies, its viability will be questionable. The administrative structures that exist will be whittled down and downgraded. Half of the NG-CDF which is allocated to Lamu County will disappear because it will have one constituency. This will aggravate marginalisation and poverty in such a place with a lot of challenges. I want you to think about the constituencies in the Northern Frontier. Many of their boundaries are based on certain ethnic and clan lines, which have worked very well for peace and development over the years. It is not in our interest to start tinkering with them because we may bring in an unfair political playing field, where the smaller sub-clans and tribes may feel that they are now at risk of being “swallowed” by the bigger clans. The outcome will be a resurgence of ethnic tensions and border skirmishes, which we keep seeing from time to time in this country. As Hon. Kaguchia has said, the people of Tetu have had uninterrupted representation for a long time. It is easy to think that they can forget their four, five or six decades of identity as Mukurweini, Tetu, Kieni or Ijara. You cannot scrap an identity that has been built for a long time and suddenly give them a new name. We are tinkering with something very important, which is social integration. It may take a very long time to again build consensus and make these people feel as one if we put them in the same constituency. Think about places like the North Rift and parts of northern Kenya, especially North Eastern, which is sparsely populated and faces myriads of problems including poor road networks, low school enrolment and insecurity. While a Member of Parliament from Nairobi can tour his constituency in a number of hours, some of our brothers and sisters in the North Rift and North Eastern take days to move around their constituencies. Merging these constituencies such that these Members have a bigger area to superintend over will make their work harder and they will have to work long hours to achieve the smallest gains. As I conclude, constituencies have over the years become an important economic, social and cultural identifier of the people. Any changes to the status quo must be the outcome The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Wandeto",
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"content": "of thorough public participation and not a map drawn in Nairobi by bureaucrats sitting at the IEBC offices in Anniversary Towers. I support that we protect these constituencies."
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