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    "id": 1399225,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Sifuna is disturbing Sen. M. Kajwang’. I want to help him in the Bill. The role of representation and protection of counties and county governments and their interest is assigned by the Constitution to the Senate and the Senators. I want to convince Sen. M. Kajwang’ to consider that as a requirement, if a matter of a county dispute is going to be presented to the Senate of the Republic of Kenya, then the Senator of that County must also be notified in writing by whoever it is that is bringing that matter to the Senate. I say that because in that provision that the Senator is making reference to, Clause 5(1)(a), in fact it is contemplated that the governor could be the one requesting. If he is the one requesting, he cannot also be writing to himself, telling himself that he is bringing this matter to the Senate. The governor should be given a responsibility, duty or obligation to notify the Senate or the Senator of the dispute that they are bringing up for resolution in the Senate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, lastly, this matter of county boundaries and disputes is bigger than what the Senator for Homa Bay has captured in his Bill. I am happy because when he moved this Bill, he made reference to the decisions that occasioned the creation of counties in this country. I have gone on record many times on this Floor, and in other fora, saying that there is nothing scientific about the creation of counties in this country. You cannot put your finger on any science, to say that we have a county called Kitui, Makueni Machakos, Kiambu and Nyeri. There is nothing scientific in that decision. Those were political decisions. These political decisions seemed to favour certain areas and regions in this country at the expense of other areas and regions. That is why today you have a county called Kitui, which is 30,496 square kilometers in landmass, and we have a county called 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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