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    "content": "of land impunity lies at the root of all these issues. This monster can never be slayed unless we go back to where the real genesis of the problem started; and I think that 1895 is the most appropriate way to look at this issue. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to, first of all, congratulate the contributors, especially those who spoke on the issue of looking at this issue in a holistic manner. It is not a subject that we can just gloss over and look at only the current problems without looking at the emotions that were also felt and which people went through in 1920, 1940, 1950 and in 1985 when all these problems occurred. The very same thing that the people felt is the very same thing we are faced with by what arose in 2007. Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, it is important that we, being the Upper House, should come up with lasting solutions on how to deal with the issue of the IDPs in Kenya. Yes, we can look at the current ones and we also need to look at the historical injustices so that we can return those people whose land was also taken from them. Unless we do this, Kenya will never have the peace that we are talking about. We may gloss about it, we may speak about it and say that we are now peaceful, but we cannot truly have peace unless we look at the real genesis of this problem. If we talk about resettling IDPs without looking at the question of land distribution in Kenya and how it has been acquired, we will not have sorted out anything. Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to look at the last point, on the issue of those who are posing as IDPs. If we go to the IDP camps today, we have more people who are posing as IDPs and who are not really genuine IDPs. In Rift Valley, for example, there are many camps that I have seen on the road as you go down to Naivasha and Burnt Forest. If you were actually to interrogate this issue, you will find that most of these people are just newly created IDPs, and I think the Government should deal with this issue immediately by having them removed from the camps and returned to where they came from. The genuinely displaced people, including those of 1895, should also be looked at so that the issue is dealt with holistically. I, therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, support the amendment raised by Sen. ole Ndiema and congratulate him for bringing it. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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