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    "id": 50968,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/50968/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Mathenge",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Special Programmes",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 77,
        "legal_name": "Esther Murugi Mathenge",
        "slug": "esther-murugi"
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    "content": "A Cabinet decision was made to resettle IDPs comprising of people who formed 20 self-help groups. Those self-help groups comprising of 6,978 households purchased small parcels of land measuring 342 acres in various parts of the country, and settled in 20 tented camps, mostly in Nyandarua, Nakuru and Uasin Gishu Counties. On realising the deplorable conditions in which those IDPs were living, the Government started a resettlement programme to improve their livelihoods. That involved provision of two- and-a-quarter acres of arable land and a two-bedroom basic house per family. The resettlement villages were to be provided with social amenities such as schools, healthcare, water and security. The 6,978 IDPs are victims who were attacked, their properties destroyed, and who even witnessed relatives being killed. These are Kenyans who underwent unprecedented trauma. The Government directive was based on realisation of the deplorable conditions in which they were living, and the decision was thus made. In addition to this, the Government also plans to settle 7,527 forest evictees and another 2,393 Turkana IDPs in Lordwar and Turkana Counties. We have been allocated 1,000 acres by Turkana and Lordwar Counties to do this."
}