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    "id": 1550330,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1550330/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus 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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