Last Updated on April 5, 2025 by Turkana County News Online
The government plans to operationalise 24 new sub-counties, 88 divisions, 318 locations, and 675 sub-locations in the next financial year.
This is according to Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen, who was responding to questions from Members of the National Assembly on Wednesday, 2nd April, 2025.
According to CS Murkomen, 45 gazetted sub-counties, 291 divisions, 1439 locations, and 2693 sub-locations have yet to be operationalised.
Once the government operationalises the administrative units planned for this financial year, it will remain with a total of 21 sub-counties, 203 divisions, 1126 locations and 2018 sub locations awaiting operationalisation in subsequent financial years.
“The Ministry of Interior remains fully committed to strengthening National Government coordination and improving access to services through the timely operationalisation of these administrative units, which we are committed to do in this financial year,” said Murkomen.
The government will consider factors such as areas prone to insecurity, the vastness and terrain, population pressure and demand for government services in determining which administrative units to be operationalised.
The Interior CS further told MPs the government recognises the importance of administrative units in enhancing security, public service delivery, and citizen participation and also the promotion of inclusivity and minority representation and availability of infrastructure.