Esther Murugi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 301 to 310 of 541.

• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last time I was there, I was made to understand that they are going to the school that we did at Kiwa. As it is, I cannot do a school where I do not have land because they are squatters. So, I assumed that they would be able to access the neighbouring schools in the place they have settled. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of that statement by the Vice- President. I do not think I will be in a position to answer on his behalf. However, I know that the IDPs that I am resettling are the post-election violence victims and I have their names in my register. These particular ones are not in that register. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that the political violence of the year 2008 resulted in many IDPs fleeing their homes and were accommodated by relatives before the registration exercise commenced. (b) The Ministry is currently not taking any steps towards ascertaining IDPs staying with relatives in Kisumu or elsewhere in Kenya. But those should be considered under the IDP policy. (c) Since the Ministry is not registering new IDPs, the issue of payment does not arise. However, I wish to table three registers that indicate that we actually paid IDPs both in Kisumu ... view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think what the hon. Member has said is not quite true, because in our register we have 350,000 integrated IDPs. Those are the ones who went to live with relatives, or rented houses in various places and did not go to the camps. We are, therefore, not actually concentrating on IDPs in camps in the Rift Valley and in central Kenya. The IDP policy is going to take care of all those and even those who were there in 1992 and 1997. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not hear what he said. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe I was in that meeting in Eldoret, and the President did not give a directive for April. He gave a directive for June. We are trying as much as possible, to fast-track the process. However, we have met a lot of challenges. You have heard the saga of Mau Narok, where we were supposed to settle 800 IDPs but we were not able to. We also had the saga of Endebess where we were supposed to settle 255 IDPs, but we had a problem. Now, we also have a new one at Kipkabus where we ... view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Can I finish, please? view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought the Questioner wanted to know what we are doing and I am trying to give the challenges that we have encountered. If they were settled at the time we wanted them settled, we would have beaten our June deadline. However, because there was that antagonism it did not happen as quickly as possible. Currently, we also have Kipkabus, where we are supposed to settle 369 IDPs. It also has issues. So, if we politicians stop politicizing the issue of IDPs, we can settle them as soon as possible. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Bw. Spika, utaniruhusu nijibu kwa Kiingereza kwa sababu kwa Kiswahili ninaweza kusema kile sitaki kusema. At least 90 per cent have returned to their homes. However, as I have said many times in this House, the people we are settling did not own land. It is their livelihoods which were disrupted. Those are the ones we are settling; the ones in the 20 self-help groups. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not very sure I quite got what he--- view