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    "content": ") Bill, 2014 that Sen. (Dr.) Zani is leading us in – I also sit in that Committee. As soon as there is a percentage given for every natural resource provided for in the county, that is the time that you will see the fight between the counties on which county should collect this or that. Madam Temporary Speaker, that is the very reason why at Chepororwo in Elgeyo-Marakwet and Uasin Gishu counties, the fight is not just because we want boundaries, but who controls and who will be in charge of the Agricultural Training Institute. Is it Uasin Gishu or Elgeyo-Marakwet County? The same issue affects various places in this county. I also learned the reason we have a boundary problem today is historical. Initially, nobody attached the question of districts to collection of taxes; it was purely administrative entities that were initially put in place by colonial governments for purposes of controlling various communities and tribes. I believe over 90 per cent of the counties are almost ethnically homogeneous. If you say you are in Nandi County, you are definitely going to find a county where over 80 per cent of the people are Nandis. If you say you are in Murang’a County, you will find that over 80 per cent or 90 per cent are Kikuyus. If you say you are in Turkana County, they will tell you that it is Turkana for Turkana. It is the same whether you go to Makueni, Kitui or Kisii. Kisii County is for the Kisii, except that there are a smaller percentage of people from other communities. That challenge is magnified when we talk about the boundary of Kisii-Migori counties, which is largely either Kuria, which is a minority. I remember very well, Sen. (Dr.) Machage was locked up in the cells for opposing the Constitution because he felt that the minorities would continue finding themselves in a situation where they were going to be marginalized. I am very happy with the people of Migori because they found a formula of ensuring that the Kurias and the Luos are all represented in one way or another in Government, either in the Senate or whatever. Not all counties have benefited from that kind of arrangement. That is democracy with equity so that everybody is playing a role in the management of the county. Madam Temporary Speaker, this issue of boundaries is emotive. Already, there is an accusation which I watched on television while in a function in Meru County when the Governor of Meru County was responding to allegations from another leader from Isiolo who was accusing him that he had a private militia; apparently some county trained police officers of some sort that are meant to take over the boundary of Isiolo and Meru counties because of the Meru National Park, the resources that will come from it and who will control it. In the Meru-Isiolo issue, for example, it was even more emotive. They were fighting over where to put a toll station. Today you will find a sign indicating that it is a toll station being manned by Isiolo County Government so you pay cess to them. The following day it has been moved by some people from Meru and they say that you pay the cess to Meru County Government. We must find a lasting solution to this issue. Thankfully, the Constitution already provides for it in Article 188(1) (a):- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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