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    "id": 523163,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, let me start by congratulating the ever zealous, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., for this very important Motion. It is very important in the sense that it will help us to create order in our counties. It is amazing that the role of this Senate becomes clear every single day. I respect the drafters of our Constitution and Kenyans who contributed to it. As counties evolve, we have issues of accountability within the counties. We also have the issue of conflict and conflict resolution. Indeed, we also need to ensure that issues of boundaries between counties are well addressed. Madam Temporary Speaker, looking at the last effort that was made to actually delineate these particular districts at that time and the basis of those districts is what formed the basis for counties. That was such a long time back in 1992. We are talking about 23 years ago. Therefore, much has changed within the various counties. The population density and the demographic trends have changed drastically, yet these are the provisions that are put into place to look at how counties were formed. The physical and human infrastructure has changed drastically over time within various counties. The historical and cultural ties, which for a long time have been the basis of how identification of various counties are made, have also changed. It has become more dynamic. Members from various counties have continued to interact over time and that has created a lot of differences. The area of natural resources that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. also talked about is also crucial. The key thing that we will debate in the Bill and the Natural Resources Benefit Sharing Bill stipulates that, for example, if a natural resource bestrides two or more counties, then there should be sharing. However, it will be impossible, because this is where fights will erupt because people will say, this is in my county and this is in the other county. It is amazing that such an issue had not taken important prominence that it is taking now. This is a now-now issue. It is something that we need to solve almost immediately. Madam Temporary Speaker, the proposal is to have the commission set through the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. The commission should work within 90 days. However, I think that is too long. They should do it within a shorter time so 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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