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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Odhiambo",
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        "legal_name": "Alfred Bwire Odhiambo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, those people are affected by floods during the rainy season. When the floods affect them, they suffer from malaria. So far, many of their children have died of malaria. There are no hospitals near there as I said earlier, Kijabe Mission Hospital is the only one near the place. We visited another camp called Mawingu. At Mawingu, we found 444 households. Those people were brought to Giwa Farm in Rongai District. The housing project for the 444 families is still ongoing. It is not yet complete. Therefore, those people are also staying in tents. The Committee also learnt that the Red Cross society of Kenya has played a major role in supplementing Government efforts. We also visited another camp at Gilgil. That camp was situated in a swampy place. It was very difficult to access it because the route to that area is really bad. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had to use Four Wheel Drive vehicles to reach the IDPs camp. It was very difficult. They live in tents. There are about 2,805 households at the Gilgil Camp. These are the people who were planning to walk to Nairobi to protest. None of them has received the Government funding of Kshs10,000 and Kshs25,000. One of the challenges facing these people is that some of them have large families and so, the food that is given by the Government is not adequate for them. The other one is that they do not have land for farming, although they would wish to produce their own foodstuffs. Some IDPs have not been profiled and so, they are still living in tents. There is lack of enough water or no water at all. The children walk very long distances to access schools. They do not have money to pay for the subsidy for the education of their children, especially in secondary schools where they need to subsidize things like lunch. In one primary school and one secondary school, the facilities are overstretched. The teachers are overworked and the children are overcrowded. So, this is not conducive for good learning. There is lack of health facilities. There is no hospital. They would want to start some small businesses but they do not have the money. More than 20,000 were claiming to be IDPs at the time we visited these camps."
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