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    "id": 1013609,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. If my memory serves me right, this is the second Petition this month dealing with boundaries between counties. This is a serious matter. A matter that this House attempted to resolve or provide a blueprint for a resolution of disputes arising from county boundaries. It is a bit difficult to understand the point at which a Bill has not properly originated from the House where it is supposed to originate. The Bill to give effect to Article 188 of the Constitution sponsored and moved by the Senator of Makueni went through all the motions and the entire process of the Senate. It was passed only to get to the National Assembly and a declaration is made that it was a Money Bill and so it could not proceed. We are dealing with a time bomb. County boundaries are not minor issues. In Kitui County, for example, we have a dispute with Tana River on a boundary along an area called Ukasi. Our people are just queuing waiting for the law to be put in place so that determination is made as to where the original beacons for those counties lie. I urge the Chair and the leadership of the Senate led by the Senate Majority Leader - who is here - to have a serious and candid conversation with the leadership of the National Assembly to unlock some of these issues, so that we can give effect to Article 188 of the Constitution of Kenya and resolve county boundaries in this country. If the reason that Bill cannot pass is simply because it is a money Bill, then they can adopt it. They can do whatever it is that they want to do with it, but let us have a law that will ensure that we resolve the disputes that exist and which continue to threaten the peace and order in this country. I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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