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    "id": 1111598,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, very much Madam Temporary Speaker. I congratulate Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for moving this Bill, I think for the fourth time. For purposes of contextualizing this Bill, it did not just come out of the blues. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. was here at the advent of this Senate in 2013. He came in a little bit later in that very unfortunate situation of his father’s demise. He was here when we were struggling with the county boundaries. Many counties were testing the extent of their powers between one county and the other. I think it was the excitement of devolution. Most of it was driven by the desire to collect revenue. A lot of it was around counties such as Kisumu and Vihiga, which dispute is still existing up to now. The Petition from Vihiga is still pending in the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations where I am a Member. A number of other counties including my county and Uasin Gishu had a lot of disputes as to which corner we should put the barrier for revenue collection from one county to the other. As a result, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. drafted this Bill. One would have imagined that we would have passed this Bill way before 2017 and made sure the National Assembly agreed with it. As it were, this Bill left this House in a hurry because we all thought--- I still remember the contributions of many Senators, including Sen. (Prof.) Anyang-Nyong’o, who are no longer Members of this House. We also had Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, who was very passionate about it. There was the then Senator of Meru, now Governor, Hon. Kiraitu, and also Gov. Sang. All those people made passionate contributions on the Floor of this House for purposes of this Boundaries Bill, and we sent it to the National Assembly. As it were because of wrong considerations by the National Assembly, they ended up calling it a Money Bill. I am glad that, eventually, the courts have helped us to find, if not a lasting solution--- I hope that the Bill by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Sen. Sakaja"
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