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    "id": 78948,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
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        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether our Standing Orders allow me to repeat this again. This is because we have gone through the issue of criteria before. I do not know whether a question that has been answered before should be answered again. Although I risk breaching the Standing Orders, let me say that prioritization was based on various factors. We had to get information from the Provincial Commissioners on the newly created districts that really needed immediate attention. Land had also to be available and an agreement on where the headquarters should be located. If there was a headquarters building, then we did not need to create another one. We were also considering regional equity, remoteness and accessibility of the proposed district headquarters. There were various factors but I must admit that every district would like to benefit from the ESP. We were able to identify 35 districts in Phase I and in Phase II, the Treasury added another 40. We hope that as we continue to request for resources from the Treasury, more and more districts will be covered. I believe that as we move into the final budgetary arrangement, the Revenue Allocation Commission may dictate other arrangements. Those are the criteria we used for the allocation of funds. Readiness of the districts in terms of plans, agreement on sites and provision of drawings from public works were other factors to be taken into account."
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