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    "id": 502977,
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    "speaker_name": "November 20, 2014 SENATE DEBATES 14 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the fulcrum of those prayers is Nyahururu Town; everything else that you have said rotates around Nyahururu Town. According to this Constitution, Article 188 (2) reads:- “The boundaries of a county may be altered to take into account the following: Population density and demographic trends, physical and human infrastructure, historical and cultural ties, the cost of administration, the views of the communities affected, the objects of devolution of Government and geographical features”. That is the clearly set out criteria. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in none of these items do you find the issue of town as a consideration for the boundaries to be altered. Secondly, the nearest that that petition goes is the wish of the community. Given that the petitioner has not given evidence of having consulted communities that live within this county, he would be moving on assumption on a matter with grave constitutional implications. This House has already made a decision on the issue of Nyahururu Town through a Bill which I sponsored and which I am waiting that the President gives assent to. In that decision, this House decided after I went and consulted the County Assembly of Laikipia and the County Assembly of Laikipia and made a resolution through a Motion that went through that county and the resolution was that Nyahururu is in Laikipia and that the headquarters of the county assembly would move to Nyahururu. That particular resolution was not opposed by any Senator on this Floor. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my final consideration on constitutionality is that in the same decision of this House. Ol Kalou was identified unanimously as---"
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