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    "id": 1527794,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, as you have rightly put it, the interest is so high. I will give a comprehensive response the first week after the short recess. I want to confirm that I actually discussed with Hon. Bonaya. When we were discussing the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) with the Ministry of Interior and the Cabinet Secretary as a Committee, we interrogated the same. For the record – as we wait for the comprehensive response from the ministry – I confirm to the House that, as it is, the ministry has confirmed that we have 24 sub-counties that are ready for operationalisation. We have about 88 divisions, 318 locations and 674 sub-locations. In these Second Supplementary Estimates, we had a shortage of about Ksh284 million for the same. I am sure if you had given more time to this request for a Statement, we would have got many joy riders. The issue has always been about resources and this House appropriates resources. Yesterday, when we were sitting in the Liaison Committee, I really pleaded with Members to give something like half a billion Kenyan shillings to operationalise the gazetted administration units. At the same time, we put across a very strict recommendation to the Cabinet Secretary to have a very clear policy on the creation of new administration units henceforth. I know that we are still in the process of approving the Second Supplementary Estimates. If this House sees it fit to give the ministry some money, like half a billion Kenyan Shillings plus the Ksh284 million, we can operationalise a majority of the administration units. If this House allocates enough money, we can operationalise as many units as possible. Hon. Speaker, I submit."
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