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    "id": 523061,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I also beg to support this Motion and thank the Senator for Makueni County for bringing it forth. By the time we were discussing the Constitution before it was promulgated, the most disadvantageous thing that we did to Kenyans was to decide that we shall have 47 counties. These represent the old districts that were there. We made this decision without looking critically at the administrative boundaries that were there at that time. That is why today we face a challenge. You find that each county, and mostly the counties that were subdivided on political grounds where one would want to play within a political area, is faced with challenges today. Now that we have moved on, we have come to a level where the economic viability of each county is growing. Therefore, every county is monitoring where there is economic viability. Each county has interest in areas with natural resources and that is where the whole conflict arises. We need to ask ourselves why counties are facing many challenges. I welcome Sen. M. Kajwang. I know that he also has a lot of challenges within the islands that are within his county. That is Rusinga Island and others. This Senate has the 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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