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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support this Motion. As leaders we have an obligation to ensure that Kenyans, who have been displaced, are settled. These are people with families and children. As a nation, we have a duty to see to it that they are settled, and they go back home where they belong. We must show leadership during this difficult time. We must lead. This is a difficult time for this nation. These are trying times for this country, and, as leaders of this august House, we must join hands and enable other Kenyans to go back home and live with their families. To address this issue, we must get to the root cause of this problem. Year in, year out, we have been having this problem, even though the magnitude has been varied. May be, this is the worst that has happened, but this problem has been occurring again and again. We have an obligation, as the leaders, to get to the root cause of these problems, so that Kenyans live in harmony as brothers and sisters from now henceforth. It is not easy, but it is something that we must do. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the problem of IDPs is not only limited to what is happening in Kenya since the last general election. In Marsabit, people have been living in IDP camps for the last two years. They live in tents due to fear of one another. Different communities are living in tents that were provided by charitable organizations. As we deal with the issue of IDPs, let us treat it as an issue of the whole nation, and address the problems that have been there even before the last general election. I am singling out Marsabit as one key example. We have many Kenyans, who have lost their lives and properties and are living in camps. When we talk about IDPs, we talk about security. We are talking about people who have lost their lives, their livelihoods, their properties and so on. In northern Kenya, our communities are losing their lives on a weekly basis. You might call it cattle rustling or theft across the border, but the fact of the matter is that people April 23, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 649 are losing their lives, their properties and their livelihoods. In my constituency of North Horr, just two days ago we lost two people and over 34 families lost their livelihood. Today they are destitutes, and are about to be moved from the area in which they live to other areas due to lack of security. This is related to the issue of IDPs because it is about security and life. I request the Government to address the problem of insecurity in northern Kenya, which has persisted for a long time. Those are Kenyans who have rights like any other Kenyans. Their lives must be protected. It is their fundamental and constitutional right. As we look at the issue of IDPs, let us look at it holistically. Let us look at it as a problem facing this nation. When Kenyans are losing their lives, livestock, resources and land in the northern part of Kenya, it is really an issue of IDPs. They are internally displaced. They are losing their lives, livestock and other resources. I really wish our Government, once and for all, will come to terms with this reality and address this problem because the people of northern Kenya are Kenyans. They have a right to their lives and property. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support this Motion."
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