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    "id": 523158,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Speaker. I thank Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for bringing this Motion which every Senator has been keen to know. Nearly 22 of our Counties have issues to do with boundaries, not for any other reasons but for the reason that services need to be taken to the people and we need to know where your services end. That is why we have these issues. Boundaries are as old as the world. Remember when Adam and Eve sinned, Adam was told to go and till land as a punishment and eat from his sweat. Even today in Israel, they have an issue with the Philistines, fighting over barren land; desert. If you throw a seed of maize, there is no rain and so, it will not germinate, and yet people are dying for it. In the days of Exodus, the 12 children of Israel were told to demarcate their land clearly. To date, those stories are going on and God told them that I am going to give you land belonging to this tribe and it should be there and so on. Man has continued to talk about land. We have moved to counties which are like small countries. In Africa, we have over 50 countries and the boundaries are clearly demarcated. We have a region in Uganda which has Pokots who speak like me. That boundary should be known so that the services to those people are catered on the other side and it is also easily done for us on this side. That is why boundaries are key. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have been quoting Article 188(1) which talks about boundaries of counties. It says that a boundary of a county may be altered only by a resolution. We are not talking about altering anything here. We are talking about aligning what is existing today which was not pointed out clearly when these counties were coming into place. When we gained Independence in 1963, beacons were known. As a result of the increase in population, some people decided to migrate to other regions and 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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