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    "id": 459974,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gaichuhie",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 17,
        "legal_name": "Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Hon. Keter wanted to know when we will close the IDP camps, or how soon we will close camps once we pay off IDPs. Camps are supposed to be closed immediately. But you will notice that immediately people were paid, some moved out and others moved in. What the Government has said is that, it will only take care of those that are in the register. So, once a piece of land is left vacant--- The people you see in camps are now not IDPs. The Government is referring to them as people squatting on that piece of land. So, they will never be paid, unless the Government decides to pay squatters. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot force everybody to move out of the camps because we still know we have a few camps that are not settled. But once everybody is paid, maybe the Government can come in and force people to move out or term them as squatters. Therefore, the issue of closing camps totally is quite a thorn in the fresh. On discrimination, hon. Wanyonyi said that there was discrimination when people were being paid Kshs400,000.What happened is that, all the families in Trans-Nzoia were the ones who were paid Kshs400,000. The ones who were profiled in Trans Nzoia were The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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