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    "content": "just a temporary truce. Therefore, I believe that if this Motion is implemented to the full, it will provide a lot of peace and tranquility in this Republic. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Murkomen referred to me as a person who had served in the defunct provincial administration. I thank him because he added that I did so with precision and he is very right. He can confirm that from my former Minister, Sen. G.G. Kariuki. The boundaries that we have today for counties are just imaginary. These boundaries were drawn by the colonial government. We obeyed them not because we liked them or agreed with them, but because of the fear of colonial power. The colonial administration did not entertain any questions about those boundaries. When Independence came in 1963, again through a very strong provincial administration of which I served, the people did not have the guts to question the boundaries. They had to live with them the way they were. We inherited boundaries from the colonial Government which had been set for colonial reasons, some even dividing communities, but that is neither here nor there. The most important thing is that no survey was carried out to identify the boundaries properly as to where county “a” and county “b” meet as far as boundaries are concerned. Madam Temporary Speaker, we must, in the first place commend the Kenyan people because they have co-existed for many years on imaginary boundaries, but with the new set up in the Constitution, with new awareness of issues of resources and enhanced development, there is need for us to ensure that we define these boundaries clearly if we have to sustain our nationhood. We have conflicts all over this country. Examples have been given and I have given my own example of Kitui and Tana River counties. We do not fight because we the wazees call meetings and agree. Every now and then we are finding situations that we cannot sustain. I can tell you and the Senator from Tana River would bear me witness that we just exist on a daily basis. We do not know when it is going to explode. As far as Kitui County is concerned, we may be right or we might be wrong, but the people of Tana River led by their Member of Parliament have encroached into our county, they have built schools there to claim the land, they have done boreholes, they graze freely and even displace our own people. We say that we are going to ask the Government to intervene. Occasionally, the Government has sent the General Service Unit (GSU) to chase people away and that has brought very bad blood between the communities. We know of the recent issue of Makueni and Machakos counties. They are one people, but because of issues like resources, everyone wants to get what is his right. We have heard of the case of Meru and Isiolo counties which almost created a serious fight between the two communities. Even now as I speak, people are fighting because of boundaries in Kapedo. Nyamira and Kisii are one people, but they have boundary conflicts. This Motion is going to assist in defining these boundaries. This Commission will comprise of professionals, surveyors and the local communities in deciding where the boundaries are and ensure that as soon as they define these boundaries they are properly surveyed and even go further and clear using graders, grade the boundaries so that when I enter Tana River, I know that I am in another county. When the people of Nyamira County go to Kisii County, they should know they have crossed to Kisii County. 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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