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    "content": "this country and stand firm beyond the politics of the National Assembly, let us look at things across the board with one knife so that when you cut, you do so as a leader. If we try to be imbalanced, then we will be playing the same politics we play. Madam Temporary Speaker, regarding the issue of IDPs, the Government had already identified land in Nakuru, 5,000 acres in Molo. They have also identified another one in Burnt Forest but the challenge we face is how to agree. I know as Kenyans, we have continued taking advantage of the process. I remember after the post-election violence, the Malaysia Government wanted to help us with the issue of IDPs but they said they will not give us money but bring the facilities like timber. But since our people wanted money, we refused the offer. Therefore, we have to blame ourselves across the board because we took advantage of the IDP situation and made it a business. We now need to help the Government to remove the bureaucracy that is around even in acquiring land and many other issues. Therefore, we should help the Government to ensure that everyone is resettled. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the Motion because it is important now to get the realistic data of IDPs, not just in Rift Valley but also in places like Likoni. Some of them were displaced in 1997 and up today, we do not know where they are. We have those who were integrated with their families. We need to know the numbers so that when we are helping, we should not repeat the mistake we have done with the Mau Mau; to compensate others and leave others out. This would bring us to a very serious scenario where you will find again people fighting for the reason that you have compensated one community and left another one out. It is important to also say what happened and that is why we are in such a scenario. I believe in the new Government and I hope the President will look at it holistically. We now have a Cabinet Secretary concerned with land and I believe Mama Ngilu will do her best to bring out more and to deal with the issue of land because “she says and she does.” Let us agree that for once Mama Ngilu has done her best in many of the things she has done, regardless of how you look at her. When she goes to a Ministry, she does her work. Let us do what is right. She does her work and she will deal with the issue of land. I do not think there was any other better Cabinet Secretary that would have dealt with land than her. She is there and she will deal with it. It is up to the Committee in the Senate that deals with land that needs to meet her and agree with her. I want to tell Kenyans that it would be very sad if we would be looking at people based on their personalities because tomorrow, you will be there. Tomorrow, you will be somewhere being vetted. Do you want to be vetted on how you are or based on what you know and what you do best and not personal issues? So, let us look at the Cabinet Secretary considering what she has done and she has done a lot for this country. So, she would definitely tackle the issue of land. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would wish to request the Mover to go and do more research so that we can know what the former Minister, Ms. Murugi Mathenge, handed over. I believe she had done a lot and we need to know what she handed over to the department. This will guide us in finalizing what she had planned. She had very good plans on IDPs. Let us not ignore that report. It is important for us to go through it. Thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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