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    "id": 1013619,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1013619/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Malachy Charles Ekal Imana",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the chance. From the beginning, I support the Petition because issue of boundary dispute is common throughout the country. Many counties are squabbling and conflicting over boundaries. This is a very important Petition. It is also emotive because changing boundaries is not easy. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve says the people from whom you take the land assume that you are taking it from them to give it to somebody else. They would not like that. I know that the colonialists are the ones who put us in this mess. They created these boundaries without thinking about the people that they were splitting in twos or threes. Now, these people are claiming for their identity, for instance, the Banyore people. There is not much that can be done, except to show them the boundary and let people live. They are all in Kenya. For a large county like Turkana, this is really an issue that is painful. So many people are dying because of conflicts over boundaries. If you look at the boundary between Turkana and Samburu, there are always conflicts because people believe that this or that is their land. I heard leadership of Samburu County claiming Marsabit County has taken part of their land. There is conflict between the two counties. There is also conflict between Turkana and Marsabit. There is also a conflict between Turkana, West Pokot and Baringo counties. These issues should be resolved in a manner that people do not have to fight and die over where the boundary is supposed to be. 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."
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