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    "id": 779925,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/779925/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "March 8, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 52 Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I strongly support this Bill, which has come at the right time. It will bring a solution to the problem that was created by our earlier friends who fell into the trap of the colonial boundaries, which divided us into particular communities and promoted our disunity instead of unity. We should be careful to stick to the principles guiding this Bill so that we may not fall into the trap that was there before the colonial era. If we go into some historical boundaries as one of my friend said, for example, reclaiming areas like Chemilil and some of the areas which are already in other counties, it might bring us trouble. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill based on the objectives that are already there. I have read the Bill and if we restrict ourselves to the guiding objectives, we will achieve the greater objective of this particular Bill. For example, as Sen. Githiomi Mwangi has said, everybody wonders why Nyahururu is in Laikipia instead of being in Nyandarua County. Sometimes the current boundaries inconvenience our people, as evidenced by some of the boundaries that are in some counties. This is because they force some county members to go through long processes for their problems or issues to be solved instead of getting solutions within the nearby counties. For example, the issues of the people of Trans Mara can be served well within Kisii or Bomet counties instead of them travelling all the way up to Narok County."
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