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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "for people to sit. They actually have High Court powers as per Clause 12(1) of the Bill as proposed. First, they can summon witnesses. Second, they can call for the production of books, plans and documents. They can even examine witnesses on oath. Therefore, this is not an ordinary committee. They almost have equal powers to those that we have as Members of Parliament (MPs). Therefore, their work and going about how to resolve disputes like these particular challenges cannot be gainsaid. Sen. M. Kajwang’, it will benefit our colleagues to know that because of the mediation committee some of the very famous disputes that we have just quoted such as the Sondu Clashes that have stuck with us for so long, Maseno between Vihiga and Kisumu counties, and Mtito Andei between Makueni and Taita Taveta counties, do not even have to subsequently result in the provisions of the Bill. Having set up the mediation committee and Parliament being moved by a petitioner - in this House - to set up something in place, this mediation committee can resolve some of these boundary disputes. You may not even necessarily result in altering or finding ways. They are ways which can compensate as neighbouring committees. Many are the times when I have been to Sondu and listening to elders from Kisumu and Kericho counties side. What The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services, Senate."
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