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    "id": 196179,
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    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this very important Motion.I stand to support this Motion. It is very important that we, as elected leaders of this country, must not only be seen, but ensure that all our people are free and secure including their property. It is an eyesore, disappointing and disgusting that a country like Kenya should have IDPs. We can only find IDPs in failed states. We can only find situations like this in failed states. Kenya is not a failed state. It is important that the IDPs are identified and profiled. This is because quite a number of people have moved into these IDP camps so that if land is found for resettlement, then they could benefit. We have to identify genuine IDPs. While we are talking about the need to resettle our people, we must remove them from IDP camps. We must, first and fore most, address the issue of their security. We must, first and foremost, ensure that the ground is conducive for their return. We do not want our people to go back and get killed. It is important that the security aspect of the IDPs is addressed. I think we need to resettle our IDPs yesterday, but we must look into all these factors. Have their homes been destroyed? Have they built their homes? There are so many things which we must address. Of course, we can sit here in this Parliament and say: \"IDPs must be resettled\". It is the responsibility of the Government, to ensure that there are no IDPs in this country. So, it is the responsibility of the Government to ensure that the resettlement of IDPs is done. Are they guaranteed their security? This is very important. So, when we come here as Parliamentarians and say: \"IDPs must be resettled\"; we must address the issue of their security. The second thing which I want to bring to the attention of the House, is the issue of Mt. Elgon. I would like to call upon the Government to ensure that there is a ceasefire to allow dialogue between the Members of Parliament, councillors, chiefs, assistant chiefs and the people. Those people who are found to be criminals should be dealt with according to the law. So, we should allow room for dialogue. We actually have a twin problem which has been created by insecurity in certain areas."
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