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    "content": "without having a dispute, the mediation is provided for. But should you not agree, we have provided that in Part IV. The sequence of events of how that will be done and how the agreement will be arrived at is provided for in Clause 15. In Clause 16, there is approval of the Senate. Again, we have attempted to make sure that, since boundaries of counties concern counties, we have left the ultimate decisions on alteration of boundaries, commencement of mediation, end of mediation, reports to the President and Committees to the Floor of the Senate. Members will have to vote in accordance with Article 124 of the Constitution to agree on anything, whether it is a report agreeing or a report disagreeing. The same applies to Clause 17. Part IV is the alteration of county boundaries. Where do you begin? There will be a petition by a registered voter, an elected member of the county assembly and a governor. The threshold is in Clause 19. The Speaker shall receive the report and refer the report to a special committee, the same way that we form special committees for the impeachment of a governor. We will use the same format. We will most likely amend the Standing Orders to include a petition of this nature so that it then follows that route. I believe in that route if the Standing Committee on Devolved Government and Intergovernmental Relations will be the one in charge. In Clause 20, the timeline is specified as to how the special committee will act. This committee shall within 21 days, where a petition is presented under Clause 18, obtain a certificate of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) confirming, for example, that that petitioner is a registered voter. These are the preliminaries. Madam Temporary Speaker, the same way, in dissolution of a county, the voter is required to be a registered voter."
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