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    "id": 1104298,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigowet/Soin, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kipsengeret Koros",
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        "legal_name": "Benard Kipsengeret Koros",
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    "content": "have been crossing to Kericho County’s Sondu Market to collect revenue in the name of taxes from traders operating in Kericho County. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is prudent to note that Sondu Market has been in existence even before Independence as part of the defunct Rift Valley Province and, particularly, as part of Kericho District. The acts leading to revenue collection at Sondu Market by officials from a different county government is a recipe for chaos and disorder. Traders have been victimised and forced to pay taxes twice after officials from both county governments claim that such conflict areas were within their jurisdictions. Aware that there have been survey beacons since time immemorial clearly demarcating the two regions, it is impracticable for Kisumu County government officials to cross the border to Sondu Market and frustrate innocent traders in the guise of lack of clarity – a problem which has persisted in the last three to four years without mitigation. It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on the following: (i) Is there a clearly demarcated boundary between the counties of Kericho and Kisumu? What has changed in the last four years given that such an encroachment did not exist earlier on? (ii) Who removed the initial beacons of the general boundary survey distinguishing the two regions, and under whose supervision? (iii) What measures has the Ministry undertaken to clearly demarcate the boundary between the two counties with specific interest at Sondu Market? (iv) What short-term measures has the Ministry put in place to ensure that traders at Sondu Market are protected from the menace of double taxation? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
}