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    "id": 433734,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwiru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 107,
        "legal_name": "Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. The first response is for the Statement that was sought by hon. David Wafula Wekesa, Member of Parliament for Saboti Constituency. He sought to know:- (i) whether the Government has a database of all squatters in this county and if so, how many they are from Trans-Nzoia County; (ii) why the Government in its policy for resettlement of squatters, does not consider giving priority to squatters who originated in the areas earmarked for resettlement; (iii) when the Government plans to seek approval of Parliament to replenish the Settlement Fund to facilitate resettlement, and; (iv) plans by the Government to resettle all squatters in the county, particularly those in Trans-Nzoia. I wish to answer as follows:- (i) The Government has no database of all squatters in the country. However, it has settled 282,783 households in existing 500 settlement schemes country wide. To date, 48 of the settlement schemes fall in Trans-Nzoia County which is approximately 9.5 per cent of other settlement schemes. (ii) The Government has always given priority to resettlement of squatters in the affected areas, through the District Settlers Selection Committees (DSSC). The DSSC has been mandated to allocate 60 per cent of settlement plots to beneficiaries from the local areas and 40 per cent of the plots to beneficiaries from other parts of the country. (iii) The Government will be seeking funds for resettlement programme as provided by the Land Act, 2012, during the 2014/2015 Financial Year, which they have already sought. (iv) The settlement programmes were previously guided by the Agriculture Act. Cap. 318. The promulgation of the Constitution in 2010 and the enactment of the Land Registration Act and the National Land Commission Act in 2012, critically affected the settlement functions. (v) There is need for concerted effort by the national Government and county governments to avail adequate funds for procurement of land for resettlement of squatters. In the recent past, no funds have been set aside for purchase of new farms to resettle squatters, except for the resettlement of the 2007/2008 post election victims and forest evictees from Mau Forest. (vi) The national Government and county governments need to establish an authentic database of the squatters and land banks for future implementation of the resettlement exercises. That is the answer for the Statement sought by hon. Wafula."
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