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    "content": "been assisted. They have neither been given the Kshs10, 000 nor the Kshs25, 000 which the Government promised to give them for resettlement. Some of the IDPs at Mai Mahiu have formed a cooperative among themselves. Some of them used the money given by the Government to acquire land on which they have put up some structures. The Government has also assisted them to put up those houses. However, a majority of them are still living in tents because the Government has not given them the money they are supposed to use to resettle. We found families which were left out during the Government profiling exercise at Mai Mahiu and Gilgil. They have not been profiled and this means that even the Government will not compensate or resettle them because they are not in the list of those considered to have been in the IDP camps. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee heard that among the seven camps at Mai Mahiu; Jikaze, Vumilia, Amani and Maoni Yetu were profiled by the Government through the Ministry of State for Special Programmes before the deadline of the profiling which was December 31st. However, three of the camps; Tumaini, Neema and Huruma were not profiled by the Government. They came in after the profiling had taken place. Therefore, they are not in the list. We realized that the three un-profiled camps have not been given any money and that is why they are there living in tents. The others named above were given the money which they put together in a pool and they acquired a farm. They have subdivided the farm into smaller units and put up small houses for themselves. They are doing some farming. Some of them planted Irish potatoes, maize and so on. In partnership with Mabati Rolling Mills, members of the profiled camps have built themselves permanent houses for 145 households for Jikaze. The other households in Vumilia, Amani and Maoni Yetu have put up small permanent houses which are still being built by the Government in partnership with Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue therefore, is those who were not profiled. They are in a state of dilemma because they do not know their future. They do not know whether the Government will assist them or not. However, the District Officer (DO) who accompanied us told us that it looked like they would not be profiled because they came in too late and the issue of profiling had already been closed. When we came to the issue of food, the Government through the Ministry of State for Special Programmes, using the provincial administration on the ground, is giving them food on a monthly basis. This food is based on households. The problem is; it is not adequate because they seem to give an equal amount. They give 74 kilogrammes of maize, four kilogrammes of beans and three litres of cooking oil per household. However, the number of people is not the same per household. So, the larger households are not adequately catered for by this food. The Committee felt very strongly that if this food is to be given, then it should be given in accordance with the number of people in a family. The bigger families should get bigger shares than the smaller families. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of education, we found that these people were really suffering. The nearest primary school was eight kilometres away. It was quite challenging for the children to walk all the way daily for eight kilometres. There was also one secondary school which was catering for all these children in the neighbourhood. This secondary school had the normal enrolment which had been there before the IDPs came. So, now with the influx of the IDPs, their children"
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