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"content": "By way of introduction, we all know that following the disputed presidential elections of 2007, widespread violence erupted initially in the northern parts of the then Rift Valley Province near Eldoret, then Burnt Forest areas of Uasin Gishu District and spread rapidly to include the former Nairobi, Western, Eastern, Coast, Central and Nyanza provinces. Arising out of these, 245,416 IDPs households made up of 663,921 individuals were profiled as IDPs by the deadline of 31st December, 2008. Mr. Speaker, Sir, given that IDPs were faced with different situations and needs, various interventions were adopted and included the following:- 1. “Rudi Nyumbani” Operation where IDPs were persuaded to voluntarily return to their farms. 2. Resettlement on Government procured land. 3. Cash transfers and payments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in order to mitigate the effects of the post-election violence, the Government established the National Humanitarian Fund through Legal Notice No. 11/2008 dated 30th January, 2008 followed by the appointment of the Advisory Board through Legal Notice No. 1038 of 15th February, 2008. On 18th January, 2013, the prevention, protection and assistance to Internally Displaced Persons and Affected Communities Act of 2012 came into effect. The Act provides procedures and the manner in which resettlement of IDPs is to be carried out and provides for the creation of an all inclusive National Consultative Coordination Committee (NCCC) on IDPs to steer the resettlement programmes. The (NCCC) has now been constituted and the Act is in operation. Hon. Members, it is worth noting that the Government is committed to assisting all genuine IDPs. However, the assistance the Government is extending to IDPs is limited to the facilitation of the affected persons to start rebuilding their lives. First, on the issue of the IDPs to be settled with the Kshs1 billion kitty, this amount is being used in the ongoing resettlement exercise of the last group of IDPs or forest evictees who have been living in camps numbering 5,261 from 35 camps given in Annex I which I am going to table together with this statement. Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, on the status of IDPs especially in the former provinces of Nyanza, Western, Trans Nzoia, Turkana, Coast and particularly those called integrated IDPs from Bungoma, Kakamega, Busia and Kisii counties. The Government is aware of the existence of approximately 75,118 integrated IDPs in the country who are yet to be resettled. Their distribution is per attached list which is in Annex 2 which I will also table. The numbers of the integrated IDPs as captured by the set deadline of 31st December, 2008 are summarized as follows:-"
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