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    "id": 1399226,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Kirinyaga with a landmass of 1,400 square kilometers, and both are called counties. I have no problem with Kirinyaga County. I have no problem with Lamu County. I, however, have a problem with an impression being created that those counties, the number 47 counties, is a magic number and you cannot touch it. You know, these counties are 47, you cannot touch this. That is a wrong premise to begin in trying to entrench devolution. It is known and Sen. Cheruiyot will bear me witness, that I appeared before his Committee, the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) as I also did before other committees of Parliament and pushed forward the agenda of the creation of Mwingi County with a reason. When counties were created in the Constitution 2010, the decision to leave out Mwingi County was amorphous. It was an amorphous decision because Mwingi District was created at the same time that other counties and districts were created in the 1992/1993 Financial Year. However, simply because Mwingi County was not gazetted as a district, it missed out on the creation of a county. I would urge Sen. M. Kajwang to be magnanimous because he knows the journey we have walked with him to help the people of Mwingi through this Bill. We met them and received memoranda and presentations from them to enrich this Bill. We listened to them argue their case for the creation of their county. That is how we legislate I like it because I know Sen. M. Kajwang is a man who listens. He can listen to good advice and then that matter will be brought here and people will decide which way to go. I will be okay if a proposal is brought to the Floor of this Senate requesting the creation of Mwingi County and the Senators of Kenya say no to it. I will be okay with it because I will have done my duty to represent the interests of my people and the decision lies elsewhere. It is not my decision to make. It is the decision of the House to make and we will be bound by the decision of the House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I submit."
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