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    "id": 779528,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I was looking at Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. who was waiting for me to state whether I support this Bill or not. We have had a very lengthy discussion on this Bill. At some point, I told him that I was not going to support it if it will not resolve the issues of Isiolo County. Nevertheless, let me congratulate him for coming up with this Bill. I know that it has taken a long journey because it would have been dealt with in the last Senate. However, politics played a role in it and it never saw the light of day. I hope that the enemies of development will not derail the process of ensuring that it sees the light of day this time round. Some of us have a lot of boundary disputes due to historical injustices that need to be resolved. I sat in the Committee on Devolved Government and Intergovernmental Relations today where they were carrying out a public hearing. It was very emotional for some people from my county who appeared before the Committee. Some of the elders were literally in tears because of the injustice meted on Isiolo County. I hope that this Bill will address some of the concerns. The concern that we have as a county, and I think that the Bill has not addressed it, is on the 1992 District and Boundaries Act that amended the 1963 boundary. I believe that this does not only affect Isiolo County, but it also affects several counties that were affected by that particular legislation. This particular Bill has limited itself to the provision of that particular Act. I hope and pray that at some stage, we will be looking back at what happened after 1992 which requires the amendment of the Constitution and various legislations to deal with those injustices. One of the things which should be done is to make sure that we look at the functions of those commissions, for it to address certain concerns. Having said that, we have a lot of issues, especially boundary disputes that affect various communities. Insecurity is a big factor or a big issue that comes with disputes between counties. Isiolo County neighbours Marsabit, Samburu, Wajir, Garissa and Meru counties. We have boundary disputes between my county and all those counties where people are basically being killed every day. That is why last week, I was pushing the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relation to answer those questions. Therefore, insecurity is one of the concerns that are brought about by the disputes of boundaries. Once we resolve this issue of boundaries, then we can deal with the issues of insecurity. Development is another factor because we are being boxed as Isiolo County into a corner. We can neither move to the left nor to the right. In Garissa and Isiolo counties, we are having a development project where there is a road being constructed between Garbatulla and Modogashe. However, simply because of a boundary dispute between my county and Garissa County, that road is stuck; they cannot continue with the construction. It is a dispute that is very clear; that the people of Garissa are pushing themselves inside Isiolo County by almost two kilometres. 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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