Esther Murugi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 361 to 370 of 541.

• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (b) I cannot provide the details of the IDPs that will be settled in Mau Narok since we have not yet identified them. The IDPs will be identified after the land has been planned and surveyed and after the issues that are arising out of the land have also been resolved. We are in the process of resolving those issues. So, once they are resolved, we will be able to say who will be settled there. The IDPs being settled in various places were the landless who depended on hawking and small-scale businesses for livelihood prior to the post-election violence. ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: These persons were displaced from their homes where they were doing businesses as hawkers. They were in various places. It is not just one community; rather it is anybody who was displaced from the areas, that is, Eldoret, parts of Kisumu, parts of Kitale and so on. I have the list of names which I can give to the hon. Member. The people we are settling are the ones who went and bought land in 20 camps. Those are the ones we are dealing with. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I think I would call it a livelihood resettlement as opposed to a resettlement of land. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I think I have already said that they were displaced from their livelihoods. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are consultations going on with the community from Mau Narok. As soon as we resolve the issues we shall be able to decide whether to settle people there or not. It will all depend on the outcome of the consultations between us and the communities. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all they were displaced and that is why we are calling them IDPs. If you read the Constitution, it says that Kenyans can settle anywhere in Kenya. That has not changed as far as I know. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. C. Kilonzo has explained it very well. And their houses were actually burnt down. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: We are in the process of formulating a policy which I think will be tabled in Cabinet and Parliament in the next two weeks. There is also a parliamentary committee which is looking into the issues of all the displaced persons in Kenya. That is the committee that will take care of the people displaced in the pastoral communities and any other displaced persons. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I think that is a separate Question which needs an answer for another time. I have 350,000 integrated IDPs whose plight we have not addressed and I believe they fall in that category. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that sounds like a different Question. I think when they were given Kshs10,000 and Kshs25,000, they went and bought small parcels of land which were inadequate and unhygienic. That is when the Government decided to resettle them. view