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    "content": "settlers in Mt. Kenya who were evicted. For a long time if somebody went to Mathira, you would find them living on the sides of the road. They did not have any title deeds. Those were moved out. The same thing happened in the Aberdares. Hon. Members will remember that there was an effort to fence the Aberdares forest. Funds were raised by the private sector and the Aberdares forest was fenced and secured. A similar exercise has been ongoing in Cherengani Hills. We are trying to find a way of resettling some people who were recently moved from Embobut Forest. The same thing is happening with Mt. Elgon. We are paying attention to all our water towers. This is a commitment that the Government will not waiver from. We will ensure that all our five water towers are protected. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Lankas talked about the loggers who are in the forest. He said that those needed to move out yesterday. As we are talking, we have a force in the Mau Forest which includes the county council askaris, the Administration Police, the forest guards and the Kenya Wildlife rangers who are actually policing it. Attention is being paid to these people. Mr. Isaac Ruto asked what the agreeable way forward is. Last year, we appointed a task force to carry out the investigations, as I have mentioned. This task force was given three months. It requested an extension of another two months. When the task force was in the process of preparing a report, the hon. Members of Parliament from that region came to me and appealed that they had not been consulted. They said that there were also some individuals from their communities who had not been included in the task force and that I should, therefore, allow more time. At their request, I extended the time of the task force by another two months and gazzetted the individuals whose names they gave me. Even before I appointed a task force, I toured the region with all the hon. Members from the area. Having done so, we agreed to convene a conference of leaders and all stakeholders. This conference took place at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) where this matter was extensively discussed. At that meeting, it was resolved that a task force should be set up. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have consulted and agreed that we want to be peaceful in what we want to do. That is why we have been appealing for the support of hon. Members. The hon. Member asked about the methodology to be used. We now have a list of the people who are there. We know who is there, who has got a legal title deed; who has got a title deed that was issued irregularly and so on. In a meeting which I held with Members of Parliament from the Rift Valley last Monday, we agreed that anybody with a title deed; it does not matter how it was issued, will be compensated or resettled by the Government."
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