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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me move on to the issue of districts, so that hon. Members can be clear about it. The President issued a gazette notice, expressing his interest to create new districts in Kenya as named in that notice. That was the intention. Following the expression of that wish to create new districts, and as a response to the request by the people, we took steps to buy special equipment to carry out the survey of boundaries. We put the issue into the hands of the leaders, who would determine the headquarters, boundaries and names of the districts. The equipment which we were waiting for are very vital. They are going to do a job that would have taken us six years, only three months. So, the survey is going on and by the time it is finished sometime in September, we shall be able to describe precisely, within one millimetre margin of error, all the boundaries between various districts. On the basis of the existing law, jurisdiction of these commissioners, magistrates and police will have been established, because then there would be no dispute as to how far their powers extend. So, this is the position where we are. Everything has been agreed in all districts except seven. As I said the other day, I want to urge those concerned to settle the outstanding issues. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the participation of Members of Parliament in security committees in the districts, I think it is as well that we explain. Security meetings in a district are the morning prayers of Government employees trying to examine whether there has been any breach of security or what action needs to be taken. It is not a political process. It is an administrative process. That being the case, therefore, I feel that the matter should be left that way, because that is how it would work more suitably. I need not repeat the issue of Provincial Administration. This organisation goes right down to the grassroots levels. There was this report, which is the assessment of corruption as perception by Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission. I want to inform this House that we do not condone corruption. Indeed, this morning, from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. the five Ministers in the Office of the President with their heads of department, Provincial Commissioners and Permanent Secretaries, met at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies to look at this matter, and we have issued a statement. One of the Ministers, hon. Karume is here. We will take this as a challenge, first of all, because of perception. There is no other Ministry of Government, other than the Office of the President, where there is so much contact with the citizens of this country."
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