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    "id": 979071,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, Ford-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "In 1963, we got Independence and there were people who did not have land. That is why this Fund was established. The same Fund is being used to settle IDPs. The Committee has done a good job. However, I want to encourage it to go back to Trans Nzoia where we have so many people who are unsettled. There are so many IDPs because of what happened. Trans Nzoia is a small Kenya. We have all the tribes in Trans Nzoia. We had problems with the General Elections of 1992 and 2007. I, therefore, want this Committee to find time and liaise with the leadership in Trans Nzoia. The Committee needs to determine whether or not the IDPs have been settled. I can tell you, as mentioned by my colleague, we have a serious problem in Trans Nzoia. These funds that were meant to settle squatters are now used to settle IDPs. If you do a physical verification, you will find that the funds have been misused. I know of a 30-hectares farm on which IDPs were to be settled in Saboti, whose price was inflated. It is time for us to look at it critically. This Committee should help us do a physical verification particularly in areas where there are IDPs and squatters from 1992. In my constituency, there are areas called Bosnia and Chechnya because those nations had similar problems at one time. Three months is good enough time to find out who were involved in any irregular purchase of land and bring them to book. I support the Committee in the recommendations."
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