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"speaker_name": "Sigor, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Lochakapong",
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"content": "3. Human capital and skills development for community-led market driven development, including market-based Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) market development financial inclusion and services. 4. Sustainable natural resource management, including climate change aimed at sustainable environmental management. 5. Sustainable economic development focusing on rural and urban business development, economic infrastructure, technological development and others. 6. Durable solutions and complementary pathways. This focuses on voluntary return, re-settlement to third countries, socio-economic inclusion, complementary pathways, advocacy, coordinated assessments and cross-border initiative. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know come to the questions that were raised by Hon. Epuyo Nanok, Member for Turkana West. The first question was to report on whether the national Government has conducted public participation and sensitisation on the Shirika Plan, including evidence of the activity and the extent to which it complies with Articles 10(2)(a) and 232(1)(d) of the Constitution on the involvement of the people in policy making. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration through the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services and the Department of Refugees Services held consultative meetings and public participation forums across major refugees hosting counties which include Turkana, Garissa, Mombasa, Kilifi, Nairobi, Nakuru, Uasin Gishu, Kiambu and Kajiado. In line with Articles 10(2)(a) and 232(1)(d) of the Constitution of Kenya, at its inception, consultative meetings were held in 2023 and 2024, which was followed by on-boarding of a consultant to best capture the views by the public. In 2025 between January and March, public participation forums were held where participants were taken through the draft Shirika document. Between 2023 and 2025, a total of 75 public engagement meetings were held. The categories of groups engaged included host communities, refugees, Members of Parliament, governors, members of county assemblies, UN agencies, development partners, international and national governments, national non-governmental organisations, counties, departments and agencies, both levels of governments, private sector, business communities, community based organisations (CBOs), refugee-led organisations and civil society. The public participation and sensitisation forums were conducted in a participatory approach where all participants were allowed to give their recommendations and input in the document. The views collected during the public participation, consultations and sensitisation forums helped shape the document that was launched by His Excellency the President on 28th of March 2025. The Shirika Plan is a living document and can be reviewed on a need basis. The second question is about measures that have been put in place to ensure that the Shirika Plan does not overstretch the existing community resources, specifically with respect to infrastructure such as schools, health facilities, water supply and sanitation, and strategies that have been put in place to fund projects that enhance the socio-economic facilities of host communities. Refugees and asylum seekers have been within our community since Kenya gained Independence. The numbers increased significantly in 1992 during the fall of the then Somali Government. Kenya has since witnessed rising numbers with the current population standing at 849,625, where 431,216 are hosted in Dadaab, 305,421 in Kakuma and 112,988 in urban areas, Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru and Eldoret. Our refugee situation being protracted for over 35 years calls for the need for sustainable solutions as the current status depicts a picture of over-reliance on humanitarian aid, which is unsustainable. Existing infrastructure is also over- stretched due to high population as well as challenges of duplication of service, parallel delivery systems and inequalities in certain areas of service delivery. Through the Shirika Plan, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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