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    "id": 779541,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this Bill. I commend Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for this Bill, which I support strongly. Article 6 of the Constitution provides that Kenya is divided into counties, but it does not define how the counties will be divided. The fact that it does not define the counties is already a problem in this country. Why is it so? It is because of the disputes that are likely to arise as a result of land issues. Just to cite a few examples, we have had quite a number of disputes concerning land issues. Meru and Isiolo counties have had land disputes. Meru and Tharaka-Nithi counties have also had land issues. Even Kisii and Nyamira counties had a wrangle over who owns Keroka. Vihiga and Kisumu counties have both laid claim on Maseno. These disputes are not good for this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a story that my mother told me about a dispute that was there among the Maragolis and Luos. These people used to fight over land until they had to devise a mechanism of surviving. You would find the Maragolis learning the Luo language and Luos learning the Maragoli language for them to survive. In such issues people make use of linguistic convergence. They use language to survive. It has been like that in the past. These disputes have dire consequences. For instance, where there is dispute over land and then it happens that by the grace of God, it has some oil, gold and other mineral deposits. People might end up fighting for those resources because everyone wants to have a stake on them. There are consequences of boundaries not being defined clearly. When you look at the Constitution, defining boundaries has no constitutional basis. This Bill has come at an opportune time when we can define county boundaries. We have areas where violence erupts all the time. When there is violence, people lose their lives. We all know what happened in Kapedo some time back. Policemen were taken there to resolve the dispute, but they were all murdered. They were serving the 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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