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    "id": 1381776,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this Bill by Sen. M. Kajwang’ a man who likes to keep his options as many as possible in most affairs of his life. That is why you can see the number of people he has led up to in seconding the Bill. This is an extremely important Bill that has been in the corridors of this House for quite a long time. It is an extremely important duty which we must carry out as a House of Parliament, specifically the Senate. Boundary disputes are not new in this House. We have spent many afternoons here listening to petitioners pleading to the Senate to manage certain disputes between county x and y. Sen. M. Kajwang’ mentioned the intercounty disputes, but he forgot that previously we have also received intra-county disputes as well. Disputes between particular regions of a county. As if that is not enough, recently when we had the NADCO and part of what engaged our precious time was many such disputes. In fact, if you read the NADCO report, Senate has been asked to expedite this Bill to try to reduce and ease the tensions simmering between many counties within and without of their boundaries for many reasons, but at the heart of it all, about resources. The Bill provides a legislative platform for us to set up county boundaries and mechanisms for resolving disputes by setting in place the primary level of ----"
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