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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, while we were consulting here, I heard some Senators expressing fears that this Motion may create problems because people will want more counties. This is not the case because the way I understand this Motion, it is not asking for additional counties, it is asking for a definition of the existing boundaries. The boundaries are there and some may not need to be adjusted. However, instead of having imaginary boundaries, we want to have properly surveyed boundaries. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Constitution guarantees that Kenyans can live and work anywhere in the Republic. This Motion does not provide for restriction of movement of persons from county to county after the boundaries are defined. Therefore, fears of restricted movement are misplaced. All we are asking for - I have read this Motion carefully - is to have boundaries defined. When I was a District Commissioner (DC) in Laikipia - this is very serious - the DC for Laikipia used to - even to date - resides in Nyahururu Town. However, the town is in Rift Valley. Nyandarua is in the former Central Province. People have lived with it because of the colonial systems and the provincial administration that made them believe that they had to say where they were otherwise their heads would be knocked down. We have to correct this. As I speak now, and my former Minister is looking at me, I have read in the newspapers that the people of Nyahururu are demanding a definition of where they belong. They want to know whether they are in Laikipia or Nyandarua. These are issues that have existed for a long time. It is now high time we bit the bullet. I know there will be some repercussions. There will be resistance here and there but this is the best time to resolve these issues. The more we wait for resources to be discovered, the more you will find people having an appetite for land which did not even belong to them. Therefore, this is the right time to follow through this Motion and ensure that a Commission is set up. The Commission should ensure that boundaries are set up and surveyed. It should also ensure that those boundaries then form the devolved systems of governments in terms of counties as we know them. With these remarks, I beg to support."
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