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    "id": 1399198,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker. Sir, from the onset, I want to congratulate my super Chair and ranking Member, my brother, Sen. M. Kajwang’, for bringing this Bill. This Bill is long overdue and it will cure many challenges that we have seen over time. I want to say that as Nandi County, we want this Bill to be enacted to law as per the provisions of Article 188 of the Constitution that provides for the procedure of altering county boundaries. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know even as we have a discussion of this, we have had a challenge of delimitation of boundaries, especially since last year when we had postponed it. I saw in an advert or a newspaper that 24 constituencies across the country are supposed to be wiped out; what we call protected constituencies. I know you understand - because you are an immediate former Member of the ‘lower’ House - that there are specific constituencies that were called protected. They are 24 in number. On the issue of county boundaries, we have challenges. For instance, in Taita and the neighbouring county of Kwale. We have challenges in Nandi County with Kisumu and Kakamega. There is the issue of Sondu between Kericho and Kisumu counties. I want to agree that the people who will review these boundaries will have the status of a High Court, so that when they sit, it can be approved by the President. In this resolution, we must be very careful with these county boundaries because it breeds inter-community differences or fights. It also affects revenue collection. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Chair who is also the sponsor of this Bill understands very well that most of the counties have found it to be a big challenge, especially in terms of revenue collection on own-source revenue. For instance, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale will tell you that Maseno Town is in Kakamega while Sen. (Prof.) Ojienda will tell you it is in Kisumu. The same thing with other areas. Consequently, the status that has been given in these county boundaries disputes, we must ensure there is a committee that looks into it. I want to propose that people who The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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