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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on repairs and building of houses for IDPs in Trans Nzoia East District, the National Humanitarian Fund spent about Kshs12 million to rehabilitate about 921 houses and a further Kshs22 million to build houses for 1,900 persons. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in terms of peace building and reconciliation, the Government initiated peace building and reconciliation programmes in all affected areas. These initiatives are aimed at involving communities that had conflicts to dialogue in peace and reconcile so that harmony can be created in the society, and the society can come together in order to avoid future conflict among the society. They were able to form their own peace initiative groups which the Government facilitated. They were also able to talk to each other, to share and see what caused the conflict of 2007. They were neighbours; they had lived together for a long time and they did not understand what created that conflict. So, they were given a platform to dialogue and reconcile. Many, many families today are happy living together. Even in the self help groups, you will find communities from different clans and tribes who came together to form self help groups which are working together and who live together in those IDP camps. The Government used Kshs6.5 million on 13 districts in Rift Valley, Nyanza and Central provinces to undertake the peace and reconciliation process. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will conclude by saying that for relief food provision in the IDP camps, the Government, through the Emergency Operation Programme (EOP), led in the feeding of 300,000 IDPs up to March, 2005. The relief food has continued to be issued, but it needs to target the neediest people in those camps, because there are people who feel that the relief food is given to the strong people and the weak, the elderly and the children are not able to get adequate food. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to conclude by saying that I thank everybody who, again, contributed and helped us in these tours, particularly your Office and the Clerk’s Office, who helped us to really undertake our mandate as a Committee to go and see what is happening to our own people, families and society who live in those IDP camps. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am concluding by saying that we must get out of the box when addressing issues of the IDPs. The IDPs we have seen are the people who are in Rift Valley; those are people whose problems we carry in our Report. But I know that we have more IDPs all over the country who are in serious condition and it is the responsibility of this House to address their ssues conclusively and holistically so that those people can appreciate themselves as Kenyans too. Thank you very much."
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