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    "id": 1418864,
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    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki): Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what the distinguished Senator for Busia County has said is true. Teso is one of the areas where additional administrative units have been provided and we will continue to provide more for the reasons I stated earlier. It is also true that the creation of Teso Central created an asymmetry in terms of infrastructure between Teso South and Teso Central. We are constrained for budget, but I would like to inform the distinguished Senator for Busia that we were instructed in a Presidential directive to re-allocate available finances in our budget in the 2023/2024 Financial Year so as to get resources to provide infrastructure. This is so that all counties have symmetrical infrastructural facilities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, even at the lower level, we have operationalized two or three divisions. I have been to Teso once, but I will be going back there next month because we have outstanding work at the divisional level. I ask the Senator for Busia County to be a little patient and we will see how we can work together in the new financial year. Hopefully, the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), which is relevant there, could support. Either way, we have to create infrastructural symmetry that is required to make sure that Teso South, Teso North and Teso Central sub-counties have adequate infrastructure to serve the local communities for them to access Government services as is envisaged under our Constitution. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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