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    "id": 779910,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/779910/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "March 8, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 48 Sen. Mwangi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, even the County where Sen. Omogeni comes from should be split into two because it has a huge population. For heavens’ sake, we need smaller units to manage because they will be easier and cheaper than managing a county with more than one million people. Some of the cities, like Nairobi, are too big. So, when it comes to alienation of these boundaries, we should have Nairobi West and Nairobi East. This will enable these counties to be managed in a manner that is going to be profitable to Kenyans. That is the way to do it. When considering these boundaries, we should not do so just for the sake of doing it; we should consider the boundaries in terms of what they can offer to the populace. The bigger they are, the more difficult they will become to manage. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that notwithstanding, we may want to consider county units which can be joined. For example, Nyandarua, Laikipia and Nakuru can be one administrative area that we can now call a county. Administrative boundaries should be a little bit bigger because the Government is spending a lot of money running 47 counties, yet Kenya is not that big. Kenya does not need more than 15 administrative units, whatever name we call them. We can even call them ‘states.’ We can have Bomet, Kericho and Nakuru joined together to make one state. That will help us to save a lot of money, particularly when it comes to employment. This is because the people who will be employed in what I am suggesting to be a ‘state’ will be fewer as compared to having three or four units employing people to do the same work that would be done by fewer people in a large area. I beg to support this Bill."
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