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Sunday, May 29, 2011

LOCAL NEWS - 26.05.2011 - BY ZACHEAUS OTABA - Task force on devolved county government releases feed back to the county residence.


The commission on the implementation of the constitution, which has been moving all over the country collecting views on the devolved government, today visited Turkana county to deliver an interim report of the first analysis. Deliveringthe report at the county council hall, the team's leader, commissioner Murkomen Kipchumba said that they were not giving final report since the parliament will be tabling it in the course of next. The commissioner made clarification on all the areas that seemed not understood, and advised the residents to accept the minor changes that they noticed from the report the had given to the previous commission of inquiry. However he urged them to push their MPs to make sure they effects the changes, during the reports' tabling in the parliament. On boundaries, he agreed that, conflicts on boundaries are experienced all over the country. Mr. Kipchumba noted some of the boundaries' conflicts like Markwet, Kisii, Trans Nzoia, Pokot and Turkana among others. However, the commissioner said that the independent electoral boundaries commission, will be moving round to settle the differences arising from inter counties boundaries. He added that the residents should be prepared, as next month the truth and justice reconciliation commission will be visiting this county for reconciliation process. He explained that though it is a gradual process but it offers opportunity for changes in governorship.

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