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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Public Works",
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        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "the lives of its people, that it is dragging its feet even today when it comes to the resettlement of the IDPs. We can try to blame the Ministers who have served in this capacity. However, we have not even been able to identify which Ministry we can blame. On one hand we are saying that the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security has a role to play on resettling the IDPs--- We also have an issue to do with the Minister for Lands and the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. None of them has express authority to deal with this matter. I sympathize with the Minister of State for Special Programmes for all the efforts she has made and taking the blame. However, it is a free for all. Some people have enriched themselves while others are not willing to ensure that they are settled because we want political capital. We hear others blaming others for not resettling the IDPs. It is important that we note that this also happened in 2002 at the advent of multipartysm in this country. The Most important thing is to ensure that this will not be repeated, come the next general election. We have already seen leaflets across the country, in which some people are telling others that they must be loyal to certain candidates, or that they must not vote in one way or the other. This community is behaving as if we did not learn any lesson from what happened to us just five years ago. It is important to make sure that those people who suffered are properly compensated. It is true that each family was given Kshs25,000 and Kshs10,000, but this is pocket money of a Member of Parliament for one evening’s outing. The amount is not even enough for payment of fees for a child going to a Harambee secondary school."
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