Dr. Naomi Shaban

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1311 to 1320 of 1513.

• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The following is a breakdown of the IDPs who have been re-settled and those still in the camps. It is a long list. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will lay this document on the Table. However, I still require it to answer the remaining part of the Question for the time being. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: A total of 350,327 IDPs have been resettled. At the main camp in Eldoret, we still have 1,162 people. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to say that Kshs10.6 million is not the only amount of money that has been used to resettle IDPs in the country. Whereas that amount was a very generous contribution from the Members, it was a drop in the ocean and could not have been used in the whole country. The Government has used over Kshs1.6 billion in the resettlement programme and we are yet to use more money. We expect to get more funds from the Treasury which we will utilise to complete this exercise. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also gave ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was the duty of Parliament to send the Committee to my Ministry. However, it has taken very long time for them to do so. I thought the best way for us was to buy materials and distribute them. We are already in the process of doing so. The money we have, together with the Government of Kenya, funds will enable us to do so. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important for hon. Members to note that some of the IDPs, for example, the ones near the road at Maai Mahiu, were not displaced from any farm. They used to rent houses in those areas that were affected by violence. They took the money that we gave them and bought some pieces of land. We are in the process of assisting them to resettle because they were not covered under the first programme of resettlement. We have donors who are now ready to build houses for them. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to state here that, owing to the overwhelming numbers of IDPs, some of them went to live in camps while others went to stay with their relatives. These are the ones we refer to as “Integrated IDPs”. We will view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I did not expect that we would deteriorate to the pont of discussing ethnic communities in this hon. House. Secondly, as much as I am disappointed--- view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also wanted to talk about the issue of land. We, as a Ministry, are supposed to take care of emergencies. With regard to matters concerning land, I would urge the hon. Member to approach the Ministry of Lands. I am sure the Minister will deal with that issue, so that this problem is solved, once and for all. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since that question requires a detailed reply, I advise the hon. Member to file a substantive Question and I will answer it accordingly. However, an hon. Member had asked how long we intend to keep IDPs in those transitional camps. This is a problem which we cannot solve overnight. At the beginning, we were working with 350,000. After the completion of the verification exercise, we realized that we were dealing with 663,000 people. We had to revise it and ask for some more funds to enable us to complete the exercise. view