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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Chepkwony",
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        "legal_name": "Hellen Chelangat Chepkwony",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to comment about the IDPs. We know the word IDP started with the post-election violence. Because of the peace which has come to the country, most of IDPs are now settled. But we find that some other IDPs have been created. Some of those are the ones who were removed from the Mau Forest. As we are speaking, we know the El-Nino rains are coming. We do not know what is going to happen to the IDPs who are languishing in their areas. For the prosperity of the country, we would like the government to take stern action so that those IDPs are settled. We have different IDPs. For example, there are people who were evicted because of settling in other peoples’ land as squatters. We need them to be settled immediately. To create harmony in the country, those people should be settled. We should not say that those people must be the same as the others. At least, let them have a comfortable life that is provided by the Government of this country. Sometimes, there are some who pretend to be IDPs. We need the Government to take stern action against them. That is because others are trying to make themselves IDPs and yet, they are not. So, the Government should account for the real IDPs and punish those who are just pretending to be IDPs. As leaders, we should identify the IDPs with the county governments. That is because the government has now been devolved. It is now easier for the county governments to identify who the real IDPs are within their areas. It will make the work easier for the national Government because it takes time to identify them. We have the administration right to the ground, but there must be a strong force to make sure that those people are really identified and are proven to be real IDPs. On the roads sector in our country, especially in Kericho County, there has been a lot of duplication in constructing them. For example, in Kericho County, we have areas where we grow tea. We have money which is given by the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) for rehabilitating the roads. We have the CDF money and county funds but, sometimes, there is a lot of duplication. For example, a road which can be maintained using Kshs1 million or Kshs1.5 million has been duplicated by the county government and the cost inflated to Kshs10 million. That is where we are saying that the county governments should be very accountable in what they are doing. You can still find that the same road is being maintained by KTDA. So, you wonder what all that duplication is for. The CDF committees and the county governments should sit together to identify which roads should be made by each of them. We are wasting a lot of money on that issue, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have been very particular in my area and so, I have been complaining. Look at the roads which are being duplicated and yet, nobody is talking about it! It is only a way of draining our cash. There should be a law mandating the national 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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