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    "speaker_name": "Mr. M.Y. Haji",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not repeat them. The responsibility of any government is to arbitrate and solve disputes among its people. We are now watching the World Cup and in every match there is always a referee. Without a referee in any match, there will be chaos, despondency and confusion. Similarly, where a Government is not willing to resolve issues among its own people, then I wonder wether there is any need for such a government to exist. Most of these districts have been in existence for the last ten years and they have not been gazetted simply because people have not agreed on the issue of boundaries. Whereas there are written records and maps both by the colonial government and the two successive Governments--- Provincial Commissioners (PCs) and District Commissioners (DCs) normally write annual and monthly reports explaining how we live in our areas. Our people keep on moving around with their livestock. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, generally, most of these problems could have been overcome if the Government was willing to sit and resolve these issues instead of leaving them to every Tom, Dick and Harry to decide on where boundaries should be. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to refer to a certain incident in the Quran and the Bible. During the reign of King Solomon, there were two women who were fighting for a child. Each woman claimed to be the rightful mother of that child. When they went to King Solomon, he told them that he would split the child into two pieces, so that each one of them could get a piece. Of course, the real mother could not witness her child being split into two pieces. So she requested King Solomon to let the other lady keep the child. However, the other lady had no problem with the King's decision; she wanted the child split into two pieces. However, the King June 14, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1332 realized that the real mother was the one who said: \"Please, do not split this child.\" Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, similarly, there are some people who do not want some of these districts created. Therefore, they will bring in any obstacle to make sure that these districts are not created. I am happy to report that in Ijara Constituency, we are now living like brothers with the rest of the people whom we had disputes with before. We have now resolved and agreed where our boundary will be. We hope that very soon these districts will be gazetted. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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