REPUBLIC OF KENYA KENYA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TENTH PARLIAMENT – FOURTH SESSION - 2012 REPORT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN KENYA --------------------------------------------------------- CLERK’S CHAMBERS, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, NAIROBI APRIL, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................iv PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................ix CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ..........................................................................1 CHAPTER TWO: CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS............................................................................................ 4 2.1 Consultative Workshops ............................................................................................................ 4 2.1.1 Strategic Planning Workshop.................................................................................................... 4 2.1.1.1 Ministry of State for Special Programmes ...........................................................................................4 2.1.1.2 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance.........................................................7 2.1.1.3 Ministry of Lands ....................................................................................................................................7 2.1.1.4 Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security ..............................................8 2.1.1.5 Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR)................................................................8 2.1.1.6 Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) .......................................................................................................10 2.1.1.7 Kenya Refugee Consortium .................................................................................................................10 2.1.2 The State of Internal Displacement Workshop........................................................................11 2.1.3 Workshop on the Draft IDPs Bill 2011 .................................................................................. 12 2.2 Meetings with Government Ministers and Departments, Other Persons and Institutions ........... 12 2.2.1 Meeting with the Minister of State for Provincial Administration & Internal Security ...................12 2.2.2 Meeting with the Minister of State for Special Programmes .............................................................13 2.2.3 Meeting with the Talai Community .....................................................................................................13 2.2.4 Meeting with Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission.............................................................14 2.3 Committee’s Observations from the Workshops and Meetings ............................................... 15 CHAPTER THREE: PUBLIC HEARINGS AND FIELD VISITS ..........................................................................17 3.0 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 17 3.1 Meetings and Public hearings in Naivasha, Nakuru and Rongai .............................................. 17 3.1.1 Naivasha ..................................................................................................................................................17 3.1.2 Nakuru .....................................................................................................................................................19 3.1.3 Rongai.......................................................................................................................................................21 3.2 Meetings and public hearings in Eldoret, Timboroa ad Burnt Forest .............................................22 3.2.1 Eldoret ......................................................................................................................................................22 3.2.2 Timboroa.................................................................................................................................................26 3.2.3 Burnt Forest.............................................................................................................................................28 ii Report of the Select Committee on the Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons, April 17, 2012 3.3 Meetings and Public Hearings in Kitale and Cherangany..............................................................30 3.3.1 Kitale .........................................................................................................................................................30 3.3.2 Cherangany .............................................................................................................................................31 3.4 Meetings and public hearings in Turkana ...................................................................................32 3.5 Meeting and Public hearings in Narok .......................................................................................33 3.6 Meetings and public hearings in Sotik ........................................................................................35 3.7 Meetings and public hearings in Kericho and Kipkelion...............................................................36 3.7.1 Kericho......................................................................................................................................................36 3.7.2Kipkelion...................................................................................................................................................38 3.8 Forest Evictees (Embobut and Mau) ..........................................................................................40 3.8.1 Public hearings in Embobut....................................................................................................................40 3.8.2 Public hearings in Kuresoi (Mau evictees)............................................................................................42 3.9 Meetings and Public Hearings in Homabay, Kisii and Kisumu.......................................................43 3.9.1 Homabay..................................................................................................................................................43 3.9.2 Kisii Central .............................................................................................................................................45 3.9.3 Kisumu......................................................................................................................................................46 3.10 Meetings and public hearings in Kakamega and Mt. Elgon .........................................................49 3.10.1 Kakamega ...............................................................................................................................................49 3.10.2 Mt. Elgon ...............................................................................................................................................51 3.11 Meetings and Public hearings in Ol Kalou..................................................................................53 3.12 Meetings and Public hearings in Embu, Meru and Isiolo .............................................................56 3.12.1 Embu .......................................................................................................................................................56 3.12.2 Meru .......................................................................................................................................................57 3.12.3 Isiolo .......................................................................................................................................................58 3.13 Meeting and Public hearing in Garissa ......................................................................................59 3.14 Meeting and Public hearings in Mombasa .................................................................................62 CHAPTER FOUR: COMMITTEE’S FINDINGS, OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS .......................... 65 CHAPTER FIVE: RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................................... 68 ANNEXES ....................................................................................................................................................... 72 ANNEXE 1: MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE ...............................................................................72 iii Report of the Select Committee on the Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons, April 17, 2012 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB - African Development Bank AFC - Agricultural Finance Corporation AU - African Union AU-ECOSOCC - Economic Social and Cultural Council of the African Union CSOs - Civil Society Organizations DC - District Commissioner DO - District Officer DPM - Deputy Prime Minister DPP - Director of Public Prosecutions FBOs - Faith