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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what were the Committee’s findings, observations and conclusions? We established the following:- From the word “go”, the Government was ill-prepared to handle the humanitarian crisis. Its structures were very weak. We are not sure whether the current structures can handle a crisis of this magnitude. Two, the Government failed to meet its own set deadlines of re-settling IDPs. Hon. Members will remember that we kept hearing of deadlines which have become as elastic as defined in the law of elasticity as we know it in Physics. Three, out of 9,571 IDPs in camps, only 2,287 had been re-settled by the time of compiling our Report in 2008. The Government’s response was too slow, hence only a small fraction of about 24 per cent was settled within a period of four years. Hon. Members can compare that with the speed in which we formed the Grand Coalition Government. Four, the Government’s response to the plight of IDPs in terms of provision of security, relief food and non-food items and construction of temporary shelter for IDPs, was largely haphazard and uncoordinated. Five, the profiling, payment and re- settlement was shrouded in mystery and characterised by lack of transparency, whereby the Provincial Administration particularly, chiefs, DOs and DCs, were accused of registering fake IDPs and, in some instances, altering IDP registers. This led to proliferation of IDP camps and persons, double or triple payments and increased number of fake IDPs, thus crippling the re-settlement exercise. Consequently, many genuine IDPs were left out of the profiling exercise, while many fake IDPs benefitted in the re-settlement process. The Committee observed that re-vetting of IDPs was vital to ascertain the genuine IDPs and identify the fake ones. Those identified as fake IDPs must be prosecuted. Six, the payment of the ex-gratia start-up capital was discriminatory, unfair and corrupt, resulting in the payment of fake IDPs at the expense of the genuine ones. In some instances, Government officials who were in charge of the ex-gratia payments were implicated in embezzlement of funds. The IDPs in the camps were given more attention by the Government, while the integrated ones, forest evictees, who were considered to be Government’s own displaced persons; landslide, historical and cattle rustling IDPs were left out of the re-settlement and assistance plan. Seven, the Government created institutions to handle the re-settlement but did not use those institutions in responding to the plight of IDPs. Eight, the National Humanitarian Fund for Mitigation of Effects and Re-settlement of Victims of 2007 Violence was allocated only Kshs419.28 million in the 2011/2012 Financial Year, a sum which is not sufficient. The Committee felt that failure"
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