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    "content": "suffering. One point I have noted from the Report is on dwellings of these people, particularly those who are in Mai Mahiu, Mau Forest and Gilgil. The tents that they were given initially are already won out. Those innocent families are living in the cold. This is an issue which needs to be addressed by the Government very quickly. These are our brothers and sisters, and we should not watch them continue suffering. Some of the IDPs are still on the roadside, and we seem not to be sensitive to their plight. It is high time that remedial action was taken to ensure that these people are settled. We note with disappointment that the families which are unsettled at Mai Mahiu to date do not have water. They rely on water supplied by Kijabe Mission Hospital. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Mission Hospital for this humane act that they are doing. We need to continue with that effort. They give not only water, but also drugs to those people. Where is the Ministry concerned when our people are suffering without water? A borehole has been provided. What is lacking today is a mere pump; a pump that can be fitted within two or three hours. It is a total shame. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding the health of our people in those uncleared camps; we need to address that issue very quickly. People are suffering from malaria, cholera and other diseases that are controllable. Health of our people is very important. We passed in the current Constitution that every citizen in this country has a right to good health. These IDPs are not enjoying that right. It is, therefore, important that they are not denied this right. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, concerning education of their children, there are no schools. You can imagine that KCPE and KCSE were done the other day. The children of those IDPs were not able to sit for these national examinations. So, the future of their children, who could be doctors, scientist and pilots, have been denied that right. This is very bad and brutal. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on this note, I will suggest that mobile schools must established as we prepare to remove these people from those camps. The deadline that has been given by the new Minister for Special Programmes must be made real. It must be seen to happen. We are now waiting for 31 days. As we prepare to see the last day of this year, the IDPs must enjoy the facilities that human beings enjoy. The Christmas is coming. Those people must be allowed to celebrate with us during the Christmas. They should be given plates, goats, clean water and televisions. It is really inhuman if we cannot imagine about giving them these facilities. Food meant for the IDPs has fallen in the hands of criminals. Food meant for them have been sold by people. Those people are, therefore, hungry and desperate. We must make sure that food meant for those people reaches them. Not only IDPs that we have in this country, but we have other people, who have not been settled. We have squatters who were living in the colonial emergency villages. Those people are also desperate and also need to be settled. We recall that we passed a Motion in this House to recognise the critical role played by the Mau Mau freedom fighters. The Motion allowed allocation of two and half acres to those people. We call them “ mashujaa ”. They are “ mashujaa ” without anything. So, those people must be recognised. I would urge His Excellency the President to give"
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