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    "id": 268491,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Nuh",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 114,
        "legal_name": "Nuh Nassir Abdi",
        "slug": "nuh-abdi"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you have said, for hon. Members who do not come from these regions, it is very important for them to get the gist of the historical background for them to make an informed decision. I would even accept even the letters which have been tabled by hon. Sophia Noor on the face value. However, we have to state that even Tana River District as a county was originally administered from North Eastern. This is not a matter that we are also contesting. However, when provinces were demarcated, Tana River District was not part of North Eastern Province. It was placed under the Coast Province. Although Tana River District was administered from Garissa then, the boundaries of Tana River District went beyond the three miles strip. That is why hon. Sophia has stated that there are pre-colonial or even colonial agreements between the communities that although the three mile strip across the river is still riverine and is still within Tana River County, the communities in North Eastern Province be allowed access to water and that is what she has been calling the Malkas. She has been calling them the watering points, the Malkas or access to the river. That is what I was trying to explain; that, even we, who are in Tana River District sometimes have problems with hon. Godhana’s community because of the riverine. We have problems with hon. Mungatana’s communities because of their riverine. However, issues of access to the river can be sorted out by the law that will govern the rivers and the natural resources. The Committee report is trying to amend the boundary of Tana River County to bring it from the three miles strip to the river which is in essence amending Article 188 of"
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