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"speaker_name": "Ms. Mathenge",
"speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Special Programmes",
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"legal_name": "Esther Murugi Mathenge",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply- (a) At the height of post election violence, there were 350,000 persons who sought refugee in 118 camps countrywide. When peace was restored in the country, the Government initiated the Operation Rudi Nyumbani Programme, which saw the closure of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. However, some of the IDPs returnees whose houses were destroyed settled in transitional camps near their farms to make it easy for them to access their farms while they await construction of shelter on their farms. Of the initial 43 transitional camps which consisted of 7,746 households, only 13 comprising 475 households are remaining in Kuresoi and Wareng districts. The locations of the transit camps are as follows: In Kuresoi District, we have Boron, Geticha, Casino, Kamara DOâs Office, Mosque Total, Kamara Centre, Kamuri, Mwahe, Langwenda, Karirikania Farm, Keringet DCâs Office, Motto and Ya Mumbi in Wareng District. These transit camps will be faced out once the ongoing construction of houses for the IDPs is complete. Already, 108 houses are set to be ready in the next two weeks in Wareng District. (b) Through my Ministry, the Government has made the following efforts towards the resettlement of IDPs: The Government is in the process of purchasing two-and-a quarter acres of land for each of the remaining 6,328 IDP households. So far, the Government has purchased 3,159.7 acres of land and settled 1,090 IDP households as follows; Rongai (Giwa), 444, San Marco in Rongai,70, Managu,56, Baraka Summit, 141, Nyandarua/Kaimbaga, 49, Rwangâondu, 37, Gakonya, 95, Nakuru/Kejokety, 30, Asanyo,100, Wangâondu, 31 and Maranet, 37. In addition, the Government intends to construct 9,921 houses for the IDPs which will include 2,593 for IDPs in Turkana. The Government under the African Development Bank funded project is constructing 19,000 houses for the IDPs who have returned to their farms in the larger Molo, Njoro and Uasin Gishu districts. Currently, 3,712 of these houses have been completed and another 6,000 houses will be completed by the end of December, 2010. The IDPs will also be issued with farm inputs under the same project. The Government has also partnered with humanitarian organizations to rebuild IDP houses. Under this partnership, we expect to build approximately 20,235 houses."
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