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    "content": "Prof. Anyang-Nyong’o, who was then the Minister of Planning and Development document all these things. When he says it can be done, he is not blaming anybody. He is laying it flat on the table that Kenyans need to address these historical injustices. It does not matter which government is in power. Some people were allocated land in Kanyarkwat. They call it the Settlement Fund Trustee (SFT). Some of those who were given land have never stepped there. I do not know whether they are aware of it. They only have allotment letters. This means that they have big chunks of lands somewhere else that they do not need. When I was a Permanent Secretary (PS) I reminded a family from Kericho that they had a piece of land in our place. Unfortunately, their father had passed on. They were not interested in it because they have lot of land. There are things that we need to do. In this Bill, we expect to have a proper use of land. If you drive all the way from Nairobi through Naivasha, Nakuru, Eldoret and Kitale, you will see a lot of idle land. These are the areas where we could be growing a lot of maize. It is a pity that land is being subdivided every day. There are no longer hundreds of acres we used to see. We now have one or two acres. What happened? Where will food come from? If the NLC does not step in and the Government of the day puts its foot down and compels the counties that we have to also follow that law, we will not have food; we will be a net importing country. Unfortunately Sen. Ndiema will tell you that the maize from Uganda is more than what we produce because they have better soil. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, some of us in West Pokot County are thinking of taking these historical land injustices to the International Criminal Court (ICC). When our land was taken by the colonial government, our people were not compensated. These people were forcefully taken to the hills. Many Marakwets are still living on the hills as squatters. What happens to those people who were thrown out like that? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., Sen. Sang and all Senators for contributing to this Motion soberly. Nobody in Government or outside should be blamed for all these injustices. We, as leaders, must carry the cross and address all historical injustices. We have to put right all the things which were not done right. Compensation does not mean that you pay the current price. You can give something small. Look at what happened recently when we had the post-election violence (PEV); the IDPs were given Kshs400,000. I do not know what they bought with that money. Today, most of them have a place they call home. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, who took over the land which was originally owned by these IDPs? The NLC should have taken over that land and compensated the IDPs accordingly. For example, if an IDP had 10 acres, the Government should have given him 10 acres in another area and retained what he had. If there are displaced people who underwent injustices of any kind in that county, like Uasin Gishu, the original people who were displaced must also be considered. Alternatively, Uasin Gishu County does not have a national park. So, all the land that was occupied, but people migrated from, let the Government convert it into a national park for that particular county and fully compensate the IDPs who have returned there rather than giving them Kshs400,000. I support."
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