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    "id": 20668,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/20668/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, it should not be lost to observers that it is now going to four years since people were displaced, particularly those who were affected by the political violence of 2007/2008. When you travel across Rift Valley, you will see tents which are already torn but people are living in. Those people have been living in those tents for a very long time. The image of this nation is at stake and has been at stake since those people have been camping there. Two days ago, torrential rains in Naivasha and Gilgil washed away some of those IDPs. I think it is inhuman. Given the state of development of this country, we should not have IDPs anywhere on the soil of this nation. Even as this Committee completes its work, I think it is incumbent upon the Government of the Republic of Kenya to ensure that these people are settled and never again shall we ever see people being displaced in their own country. I think it is a disgrace and as Parliamentarians, we have no pride for ourselves when we see Kenyans languishing in poverty and living not like human beings in their own country. Therefore, as this Committee completes its work, I hope it will give us a final and long-lasting solution to the problem of IDPs so that we do not have this menace again on our soil."
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