{"id":837610,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/837610/?format=json","text_counter":241,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kisii CWR, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Ms.) Janet Ong’era","speaker":{"id":13117,"legal_name":"Janet Ongera","slug":"janet-ongera"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity so that I may also contribute to this very important Motion. Let me, at the outset; congratulate the Senate for coming up with this Bill. It is long overdue. We should have passed it in the 10th Parliament. This is a very important Bill. I support this amendment because I have noted that there is a clear definition on what is now a market, municipality, town and what needs to be delineated. This is very important. I am the MP for Kisii County. We have had great wars between the Kisii County Government and Nyamira County Government over the resources of Keroka Market. I am very sure that for the very first time, if this Bill is passed, those wars will come to an end. There is a clear definition as to what is now a market. The delineation and delimitation of boundaries will be clearly set so that those issues can be addressed once and for all. I am very happy to see that the amendments give a clear definition of the terms that were defined in the principal Bill. For example, by deleting the definition of “City County” and giving it a new definition. This is a great improvement from the principal Bill. Secondly, I note that the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}