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    "content": "nation, but ended up dying while trying to resolve a dispute. When there is loss of life, children will remain orphans, wives will remain widows and husbands will remain widowers. However, the husbands can marry and remarry. These disputes also have dire consequences for the unity of a family. Sometimes families are displaced. When there is displacement, children and women suffer most. Men can at least survive. When there is violence, bad things happen to women. Some are raped and subjected to all manner of injustice. We need to define our boundaries, but let us avoid violence when we are doing so. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, another consequence of this is hatred. When someone or a community feels that a particular land belongs to them or the land was theirs and another group took it, there is a possibility of having ethnic hatred. Constitutionally, this is very wrong for this country. National unity is very important. Therefore, we need to define our boundaries and live in peace. I support this Bill in the strongest terms possible. Even though I support it, I feel it should be subjected to public participation. Public participation will help people know that there is already an existing problem. This problem is not starting now. It is a problem that was there even during the colonial times. Therefore, this Bill by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. wants to resolve those issues that were there and were not resolved during the colonial era. When there is public participation, people will know there is already a problem, and the Government wants to resolve the problem. Psychologically, that makes people know that whatever is happening is for the good of the people of this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, ownership of something is very important. When people own a Bill, it will be very easy for them to accept it and be part of whatever is going on. Even as we talk about public participation, there is also need for this Bill to put into consideration that probably there are people who already have title deeds in the disputed land. What will happen to those people because there are also consequences? If there are consequences, I want to suggest that Article 188 (a) can be used to resolve such issues. The article says that in the event of a dispute, Parliament needs to come in, then a Committee is formed and its resolutions are adopted and implemented to solve the problem. There are times when committees are formed in this House, they come up with very good recommendations but they are not implemented. I want to suggest that if a Parliamentary taskforce is formed for this Bill, and then there is need for that taskforce to be empowered. That can only happen if their resolutions are implemented. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Article 188(2) emphasises on resolving such alterations. I strongly support the fact that counties should have boundaries defined because that is very important. If they are defined, then it means that if there are any disputes that will arise, then we can constitutionally resolve them by making use of Article 188. We can also give effect to Article 188 that seeks to resolve a land dispute. With those few remarks, I support this Bill."
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