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    "id": 459983,
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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": "Hon. Washiali wanted to know if those people can come with title deeds to prove that they were settled somewhere. Not all IDPs who were in camps or other places have title deeds for their property. It is a known fact that we do not have title deeds in many parts of Kenya. Some of them have title deeds. Very few of them have not been able to go back to where they were living. But I can tell you that most of the IDPs were business people in major towns. That is why the Government has decided that rather than wait to buy land and give it to somebody who had a big supermarket in town, it would give such individuals Kshs400,000 to start businesses. So, not all the IDPs had land. Some of them were businessmen. Some had land for which they did not have title deeds. Only a few can come and say: “This is a very hostile area.” Hon. Serut wanted to know the same thing as hon. Washiali. So, the same answer applies. Some of the IDPs were businessmen. Some did not have title deeds. Very few of them have title deeds. On the criteria used to resettle IDPs, the Government used to move round and ask IDPs in camps to try and identify suitable land for the Government to purchase for them. The Government had also placed an advertisement in the daily newspapers inviting anybody who had land and was interested in selling it to the Government to do so for purposes of resettling IDPs. We cannot say that the exercise is being conducted on a “first come, first served” basis. Those IDPs who were active and got land first were resettled first. We have only two camps that are remaining. Once those two camps are resettled, we will deal with integrated IDPs."
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