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"content": "were also happy with the kind of support that they got from the international community and some NGOs that build houses and toilets for them. Those NGOs also gave them tree seedlings to plant. That was a form of reconciliation in the society. That is what the IDPs in Naivasha told us. The IDPs faced several challenges. The children of the IDPs who were in Naivasha walked long distances to school. This was risky for the children who were under-age. Those children could not access schools nearby. Health facilities were not there and people had many health problems. The other challenge is that the IDPs lost their livelihoods and were unable to pay school fees for their children. We also found many people who were sick. There were some children who lost their lives and we were shown their graves. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the other hand the Ministry did all it could to support the IDPs but it had inadequate funds. Up to date, there are some IDPs who have not been given the Kshs10,000 and Kshs25,000 to reconstruct their houses. When we talked to the Ministry, they said that the money was not enough. When we visited the Mau evictees, we found that they were living in terrible conditions. We saw children and elderly person in critical conditions. This group did not even get food or any assistance from the Government. As a Committee, we felt that an immediate intervention should be taken in order to assist them. There are many good Government interventions through the National Humanitarian Fund which is supposed to resettle the victims of post-election violence. This Fund was set up by His Excellency, the President under Legal Notice No.11 of January, 2008. The objective and purpose of the Fund was to provide funds to resettle any person displaced as a result of the 2007 post-election violence. It was also supposed to provide some money for the replacement of household items destroyed, enable the victims to resettle and provide livelihoods. To enable the victims of post-election violence to be resettled and be given some livelihood under that arrangement, the Government was able to pay IDP households Kshs10, 000. The Fund has also given 157,598 households an amount of Kshs1, 578,890. The Government is yet to give to about 7,626 beneficiaries an amount of Kshs76, 260,000. This is a pending issue, which is a problem and we recommended that immediate interventions should be undertaken because if a group of people who were IDPs was given Kshs10,000 and Kshs25, 000, equally, people who live in the same camp should be given the same amount, otherwise, it would look like there is an element of discrimination. As a Committee, we felt that the Ministry is supposed to immediately look into that issue so that we can equally give Kshs10,000 and Kshs25,000 to the remaining persons so that they can start their lives. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the resettlement of self help groups, there are groups that came together immediately. They felt that they wanted to form self help groups to assist one another. There were ten self help groups and the Ministry was able to facilitate them and register them as identified groups who came together with a total membership of 6,802 families. These are not individual families which came together to form those ten self help groups. These groups brought together the money that they were given and they were able to purchase land, which they divided into 1.25 acres and formed their own model houses and started their own businesses. Those groups were very thankful and they felt that the Government really assisted them. But, equally, there are persons who were disadvantaged. They were not able to form those groups because they were not facilitated; they were not given the money."
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