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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I congratulate the petitioner from Kericho County. The issue of boundaries is a very serious issue. I hope our colleagues in the National Assembly will prioritize the Bill by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., so that this issue can be addressed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kisumu County is one of the interesting and a notorious neighbours of Nandi County. This is because we have two matters that we have filed with National Land Commission (NLC). The boundary between Nandi County and Kisumu County has been approved. When they wanted to privatize Nyando Sugar Belt through State-owned factories of Chemilil, Muhoroni and Miwani, we moved to court. A court order was issued and their intention was stopped. Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o, the Governor of Kisumu County, has what we call expansionist theory. He has been encroaching onto Nandi County at an alarming rate. However, we have restrained ourselves from taking any action because we are slow to anger as the Bible advises us. That is why the court in Eldoret gave us a court order to stop the privatization and sale of State-owned factories. The factories that were being privatized like Chemilil and others are in Nandi County as per NLC. I am told the Governor of Kisumu alleges that some land in Western Kenya and Kericho County belongs to Kisumu County. I do not understand his expansionist theory. I do not know what this conqueror in the name of Prof. Anyang’- Nyong’o wants to achieve. Probably, he wants to achieve what Alexander the Great achieved in the yesteryears. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with colleagues that going forward, we need an ad hoc Committee that will discuss how these disputes of boundaries between counties can resolved, once and for all. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this issue of boundaries also affects taxation and how counties collect their own-source revenue. For instance, there is a boundary dispute like between Vihiga and Kisumu counties over revenue collection. As I said, there is boundary dispute between Nandi and Kisumu counties. It is a high time that the NLC and the Ministry of Lands is involved to resolve this boundary dispute between counties. This issue of boundary dispute if not well addressed it might spiral into something that we do not want to imagine. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to agree that going forward, as regions who have a problem along the borders we shall continue to maintain peace and calm as we look for amicable solution. I want to call upon my colleagues, brother Sen. Khaniri from Vihiga, Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot, Sen. Dullo and many other Senators who have a problem with boundaries, as we try to resolve this matter of boundaries, we do so in a peaceful and amicable manner. We want our communities to continue living peacefully. I do not have a problem with people from Kisumu County living peacefully in Nandi County or from Nandi County doing so in Kisumu County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let us undertake to maintain peace across our disputed boundaries, so that as a nation, we can move forward. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. 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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