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    "id": 246871,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ochilo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 347,
        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very good Motion. I must declare from the on-set that there has been an intention to create Rongo District, a fact that many people from that part of the world support. It is also a fact that has generated animosity among the clans in terms of where the headquarters should be located. Districts, in the past and in the future, will remain areas of planning, development and fostering unity among their residents. I support and applaud the Mover of this Motion. The creation June 14, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1334 of districts in this country has been \"stolen\" from this House and institutions and placed before other entities that perhaps do not represent the public. So, I believe that the Mover of this Motion has done justice to this country by bringing to the purview of this House the Motion on the creation of districts. I also believe that the Mover has put this House in its rightful place in terms of promulgation of laws that affect Kenyans. Districts are areas of budgetary expenditure, and it is the responsibility of this House to ensure that they are budgeted for and are of benefit to the public. So, the seeking of leave for the introduction of a Bill for an Act of Parliament to amend the Districts and Provinces Act of 1992 to validate the 80 gazetted districts which are not legally established by the Mover has done justice to this House. We have no specific quarrel with the creation of new districts but we want the procedure for their creation to be followed. We also want the law with regard to the creation of new districts to be respected. We want the creation of new districts or their legalisation to be done by the rightful stakeholders who are in this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that even the amendment that has been passed on this Motion to bring the number of districts to 80 may leave out other proposals that other hon. Members may have. This is because when those latest set of districts were being created, hon. Members of this House were not consulted. I believe that there are areas that still feel that they were left out in terms of the creation of new districts. So, when the Bill will be drafted finally, let us know that this House should be sufficiently consulted because we represent people who are highly interested in those districts. We also represent people with very positive inputs in this House. I know there are acrimonious issues regarding where the headquarters should be located. The deliberations attempting to identify the location of the headquarters should go on because it is the residents of the districts that exist, but may not have been gazetted who will know where it is suitable to have the headquarters. To try and impose the location of the headquarters by people who are non-residents of those districts may in itself eat into the goodwill and unity of those people. I believe that it is not just the creation of those districts that will be useful. Let us, as a House, urge the Government to inject more funds and meaning to the existence of those districts. Recently, the Ministry of Education attempted to identify schools that would be centres of education excellence in their districts. I think this is a positive step by the Ministry of Education. More money should be pumped into the countryside where many people reside. The Ministry of Health should get sufficient money to support health institutions. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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