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    "content": "air, but you cannot survive even for a second without hope. Our people know that the Senate will resolve the boundary issues and restore the cultural sites that were taken as a result of the alteration of boundaries. I recently spoke to some old men at my home who told me about Taru in Mwembeni. In Taita culture, people’s skulls were kept in shrines. From time to time people would go to those shrines and pray and ask their gods to do some particular things. The old men said that if people insist on taking up that area, they would leave the shrines with skulls of our people there. The old people in my county are very hopeful that at some point, the boundaries will be restored and they will get back their shrines. For purposes of restoring culture and the holy places of our people, this Bill should be supported. There are skeptics who say that it will divide people along tribal lines. However, this is not an issue in a place like Taita-Taveta. This is because there are other tribes, especially the Kambas who live there and yet, we still have boundary disputes. Therefore, such things will not come up. Madam Temporary Speaker, the people living in areas with boundary issues have no problem. They know where the boundaries were before, and, therefore, just need some sort of mediation framework to solve the boundary issues. I strongly support this Bill. I am happy that even Members of the other side of the House also have boundary issues. I hope and pray that we shall take a bipartisan approach on this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support."
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