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    "id": 1027974,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1027974/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwangi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to table a Petition from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) who are living in Nyandarua. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 233 to present this Petition on behalf of the Petitioners. I have tabled the Petition with a science of sadness and disappointment. It is unfortunate that 12 years after the post-election violence, there are people who still have not been settled. The sanctity of life and property is protected by the Constitution under the Bill of Rights and yet we are talking of people who lost everything that they had including their homes, properties and even their livelihoods. These people have been living in office corridors, public parks and some in forest reserves in very dire conditions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is the fundamental duty of the State to respect, protect and address the needs of the most vulnerable groups in the society as provided for in Article 21 (1) and (3) of the Constitution. I do not understand why the Government has taken this long to resettle and compensate these people. Does the Government not care about the plight of the people? The only offense that these people did was to exercise their pollical rights as guaranteed in Article 38 of the Constitution. Why then would the same Government and the subsequent Governments that they elected cannot resettle them once and for all? Are they not a priority to the Government? Mr. Speaker, Sir, these people have continued living in very inhumane conditions. For the last 12 years, they have been stripped off their dignity. Whereas Article 28 of the Constitution guarantees their dignity, it is clear that the Government has not done enough to better the lives of these people and alleviate their suffering. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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