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"speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Senate Majority Leader for bringing this supplementary information. Having looked at the Statement and listened to the Senate Majority Leader, several questions come to light. First, the Government announced two or three months ago that they were closing down all IDP camps and everybody had to move to settlement areas. Those of us who travel through Naivasha, Mai Mahiu and Nakuru still see those camps being operational. When will they be closed? More importantly, on the policy of execution of the settlement of IDPs and the colossal sums of money that have been expended, the figure shown as used so far is Kshs17,604,996,977. In an earlier answer to this House from the then Minister for Devolution and Planning, Ms. Waiguru, the figure was indicated to be Kshs23 billion. Why has it shrunk to Kshs17 billion? Wherever there are the so-called integrated IDPs, there are, in fact, other IDPs that are not integrated in many counties; the numbers are startling. Nakuru alone has 17,000 households; Uasin Gishu, 10,000 households; Trans-Nzoia, 6,300 households; Bungoma, 4,500 households, all the way down the list. But when you look at the levels of compensation and areas focused for compensation, you will find the contradiction that we are trying to cure. Those counties that have benefited from compensation are only 14 out of 45. It is only Bomet, Isiolo, Kiambu, Laikipia, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Nairobi, Nakuru, Nyandarua, Nyeri, Trans Nzoia, Turkana and Uasin Gishu counties. Then, there is a paltry number of 34 households described as “individuals with special needs.” I do not know who those are. What was the criterion of picking the 13 counties to focus on compensating Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and leaving out the rest when we have problems everywhere? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thirdly, this is a fundamental point that you raised when you were not on the Chair. There are people who run businesses very successfully in various townships and markets. They had bank loans and huge stocks of businesses that were burnt down and destroyed completely. This happened in Naivasha, Burnt Forest, Migori, Mau Summit, Mumias, Kitale and several other places. What is the Government policy? When you talk of an IDP, it is not just a person who was sent away from his land. There are people whose philosophy in life is not to own land but to earn a decent living by doing something else. What is the policy of the Government in compensating this category of people? It is a real risk that the Government – because of poor record- keeping, tracking and lopsided policies – has been compensating over and over the same The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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