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    "id": 1013611,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1013611/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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        "legal_name": "Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to support the Petition on county boundaries. Judging from the number of Statements and Petitions that have come to this House on boundary issues, this is a very important issue and close to our peoples’ hearts. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is need to move with haste to solve these boundary issues that are very many in our counties. There is need to correct the boundaries. If there are boundary issues, it means that there were previous boundaries that existed. I believe various laws were passed in this Parliament that changed the boundaries. What we, as Parliament, need to do is to work very hard to change the boundaries and also pacify the communities in areas that have boundary issues. It is a dereliction of duty on our part, as Parliament, because the duty of correcting boundaries is domiciled in here. As Sen. Wambua has said, it is ridiculous that as Parliament, we cannot pass a law to give effect or to operationalize Article 188 of the Constitution which talks about correcting boundaries. Time and again, I have raised the issue of boundaries in my county, where there are schools that are funded by the National Government Constituencies Development Funds (NG-CDF) from my county, but they exist in other counties. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}