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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also congratulate the distinguished Senator for Kirinyaga for bringing the views of his people, but further reiterate what my colleagues have said. If you look at the profile of the country, there is likely to be virtually an argument or a dispute between more than 70 per cent of the counties of this country because the creation of them was not arrived at through any scientific process. It was a purely convenient, if not opportunistic decision, that any entity that was a district by 1974 became a county. Three weeks ago, I came from India where the huge State of Uttar Pradesh has just been divided into two. It went through a process that is similar to the provisions of Article 188 of the Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to urge you, as the head of this House, to hasten the work being done by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights in bringing a Bill in response to the Motion brought by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. so that we can set up an independent commission that can then take up and listen to issues relating to boundary disputes. You have heard the arguments going on between Turkana and Pokot, Turkana and Baringo, Turkana and Samburu and many places. As the defenders of counties and county governments, if we do not act with speed and put this commission in place, there will be a lot of tension among our people. I hope when this commission is formed, it will comprise of men and women of integrity, who will sit and listen to the views of wananchi, dismiss what is fallacious and give effect to what is real and factual, so that we resolve this. I hope that within the next two years, we can bring most of these issues to a conclusion so that we can focus on more positive issues."
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