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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for your kind indulgence. I did not request earlier because I had not seen the facts. I have managed to go through the Petition. In as much as we must acknowledge that every Kenyan has a right to petition this Parliament on any matter that is of concern to them within our authority. However, the matter of IDPs is a matter that cannot be spoken about forever in this country. When many of the IDPs of 2007/2008 were resettled and were paid during the first and second times, we saw cases of fraudulent Identification Cards (IDs). I remember a case where some were asked to point out where their houses used to be and they said because of trauma, they could not identify their former farms. They were not IDPs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the population of Kibra Constituency is 178,000. If 90,000 people were displaced from Kibra which is more than half of the Constituency, it would be noticeable throughout the country. So, even as we admit it and we listen to them, let us use the opportunity to put a final end to the issue of IDPs and displacement. Also, let us set a standard in this House when petitions come, to do some little verification and accuracy. If I got a petition saying 1.9 million IDPs were displaced, no one would take it seriously. In the same manner, it is common knowledge that the population of Kibra Constituency has been 178,000 since 2008. There is no way half of the constituency consists of IDPs who left Kibra Constituency. We would be glad to participate in the Committee when they go through this so that those who actually are deserving cases are looked at, together with those who are integrated."
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