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"speaker_name": "Isiolo County, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Mumina Bonaya",
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"content": "Could the Cabinet Secretary ― (a) provide an update on the operationalisation of newly created administrative units in Isiolo County that were gazetted in March 2022; (b) state the measures taken by the Ministry to fast-track the process, including a clear timeline for their operationalisation."
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"content": "Cabinet Secretary, those are very short questions. When are you operationalising? Hon. Nzambia seems to be disputing the manner in which the location is created, and so on. Let us, therefore, save time. You can combine your response to it with"
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"content": "Mama wa"
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"content": "Kwale and those who asked questions earlier about the operationalisation of their areas, like Kesses. Let him answer these, and thereafter, I will allow a few joyriders."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
"speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, before I delve into the individual Questions, it is worth noting that four of the 11 Questions that were brought here today relate to the establishment and operationalisation of the new administrative units. This is of great interest to a majority of the Members, rightfully so, because many administrative units, some dating back to 2017, have been gazetted and not operationalised. Therefore, before I go to the specific question, with your leave, I would like to bring the current status of operational and administrative units before the House."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
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"content": "We have eight regions and 47 counties, which are administrative units for the National Government. There are 409 sub-counties. That should clearly show that sub-counties are not equivalent to constituencies. Some constituencies have more than one sub-county. We have 988 divisions, which are less than the 1450 wards and 4,003 locations with 9,112 sub-locations. The gazetted and not operationalised administrative units, which are subject to most of these questions, are as follows: 45 sub-counties, 291 divisions, 1,439 locations, and 2,693 sub- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
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"content": "locations. As every Member here asks why it is not operationalised in certain counties or constituencies, it is important to know those not operationalised across the country."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
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"content": "The number of administrative units prioritised for operationalisation in the Financial Year 2024/2025 is 24 sub-counties, 88 divisions, 318 locations, and 675 sub-locations. As you can deduce from the above figures, 21 sub-counties, 203 divisions, 1,121 locations, and 2,018 sub-locations will be pending operationalisation even after this financial year. Owing to the acute budgetary constraints, the Ministry has been hard-put to operationalise all the gazetted units, opting instead to phase the operationalisation based on the following criteria: 1. Areas prone to insecurity; 2. Vastness and terrain of the area; 3. Population pressure and demand for government services; 4. Promotion of inclusivity and minority representation; 5. Anomalous administrative units, for example, a situation where there is a sub- county with only one division, implying that an assistant county commissioner and a deputy county commissioner cover the same jurisdiction; and, 6. Available infrastructure."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, the budget for operationalising new units was not allocated this financial year. The Ministry has been utilising budgetary allocation for development and recurrent expenditure to ensure services are delivered. To prevent future gazettement of administrative units that are not budgeted for, the Ministry is currently developing regulations to guide the establishment of the new administrative units. The said regulations will be subject to public participation and thereafter forwarded to this House for consideration. If I may emphasise here, we had a problem in 2017, just before the elections. Most of the requests here are from either 2017, 2021, or 2022, and we will have the same problem in 2026/2027. These regulations are extremely important to defend and prevent a situation where the Cabinet Secretary or the Members of Parliament, mortal to their voters because of the pressure of elections, make promises they cannot fulfil, particularly those not accompanied by a budget. This will ensure that the pressure that we have at the moment does not ensue."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, I appreciate Members of the National Assembly for utilising the National-Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) to put up infrastructure for new administrative units. This has greatly complemented our operationalisation efforts. At the risk of sounding political, I find the opposition to the NG-CDF by many people, including courts, ridiculous. This is because, in the absence of these resources, we can build classes, but we cannot build police stations, chiefs' offices, and so forth. It should be common sense and practical that these resources have changed the face of Kenya across the country."
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