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    "content": "man full of wisdom, considering the manner in which you have covered up for the Jubilee Senators that are not here. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also wish to congratulate Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. who is the sponsor of this Bill. He is showing this nation the true work of a Senator. It is not about the theatrics at The Hague or out there but about looking at the Constitution and finding out where there are gaps like in Article 188 of the Constitution where there is a gap that can explode into civil war when people fight about boundaries. It is just that you do not have power over political parties. If you had powers over political parties, then one basic criterion for one to be nominated or re-elected back into this House as a Senator would not just be attendance but participation and legislation. That would mean that the entire Jubilee side would not get a ticket to come back to this House because they are absent when we are discussion such an important matter. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, allow me to get into the content of this Bill. It gives effect to Article 188 of the Constitution. One of the first Motions that I interacted with when I came to this House was a Motion that was brought by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. He was concerned about the increasing cases of conflict within county boundaries. As we speak right now, almost half of the counties in this country are engaged in some dispute or the other. We have Machakos and Makueni over Konza. We are just lucky that the Jubilee Government failed in its promise of establishing Konza Technopolis. If Jubilee would have used the proceeds for the Eurobond well and used some of that money to set up Konza Technopolis, right now the residents of Machakos and Makueni would be killing each other because they would be seeing some tangible development there. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you go to Konza, you will find ostriches, giraffes and other wild animals like warthogs roaming around. That is the only reason why the residents of these two counties have not fought. So, for a reason, one of the Government’s failures has helped to postpone conflict but there is a real case where the two counties are fighting about the positioning of a boundary. There is a conflict between Kisumu and Vihiga over the ownership of Maseno Township. We know that a great university and academic institutions are found in Maseno. That is a source of great pride leave alone the revenues that would come were it to be determined that Maseno should fall in one county or the other. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in my neighbouring counties of Kisii and Nyamira, there is a dispute over the position of Keroka Township which is one of the most enterprising towns in this country. It is densely populated, has a dense population of shops and small businesses and farms and farm produce. There is also a dispute between Kisumu and Nandi counties over the boundary. In one of the areas, the issue is that one part feels that the railway line should be used as a boundary. Unfortunately, the railway line is three kilometres into Kisumu County. Concerning Isiolo and Meru, a question has been raised here over the issues to do with The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor and change of priorities on the Isiolo Resort City. Just like Konza, this country has been saved bloodshed by the failures of the Government of the day. If the Government of the day had implemented the master plan that was the LAPSSET and the Resort City that was supposed to be in Isiolo, people would be killing each other in Isiolo and Meru. 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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