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    "id": 800446,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Hon. Senators, I hereby report to the Senate that a petition has been submitted through the Clerk by Rev. David Muganda on behalf of Kibera Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). As you are aware under Article 119(1) of the Constitution, which states:- “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority including enacting amending or repealing and legislation.” Hon. Senators, the salient issues raised in the said petition are: (1) That an estimated 90,000 IDPs were displaced in Kibera during the 2007/2008 post-election skirmishes. (2) That Parliament discussed and passed a budget for the fiscal year 2016/2017 for IDPs integrated resettlement. (3) The Chairman of the National Coordination Consultative Committee (NCCC) confirmed that over 90,000 integrated IDPs were to be settled with this amount. (4) The Government of Kenya has the list for IDPs who genuinely deserve allocation through the NCCC office. (5) The government accepted the Kibera IDPs through the then District Commissioner for the fund payment and resettlement. (6) That many IDPs were left out of the government disbursement allocation. The petitioners therefore pray that the Senate investigates this matter to ensure:- (1) There is full compensation of the IDPs as per the Government list. (2) That a thorough scrutiny is done to the records of payment of the NCCC. (3) That the office of the NCCC on IDPs should be operationalized to serve its citizenry. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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