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    "id": 103959,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Assistant Minister for Labour (Mr. Ojaamong)",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one very well known commission in my area is the one that is referred to as the Joseph Mwangovya Commission or the “one man commission”. This was only headed by one person and two secretaries. It was appointed by the previous government to come and look into the boundary disputes between the neighbouring districts of Busia, Mt. Elgon, Bungoma and Teso. Indeed, the Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Mwangovya came and was given facts by the people on the ground on how they wanted the issue to be resolved. However, after spending millions of shillings of the Kenyan taxpayers, a report was prepared and to-date, we have not heard or seen its copy. When I asked a Question in the Ninth Parliament whether the report could be tabled, the Government was very resistant. When the Minister in the Office of the President failed to answer, one of my colleagues, an hon. Member from the neighbouring constituency told me that whatever happens that report will not see the light of the day. This is because a lot of truth had been unearthed in that report and it would have solved the disputes between the neighbouring districts. Today, those disputes have not been resolved and things have been swept under the carpet. If the current Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC) does not resolve the disputes, I am sure that they will recur."
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