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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. James Orengo has taken us through the elaborate mechanisms proposed in this very important Paper. But for my purposes this afternoon, I want to remind the honourable House of a number of things. First, for the first time in our history, we have Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). As recently as this week and last week, some of them are finding their way into the headlines following a Harambee to raise money for squatters who have voluntarily left our water tower, Mau Complex. But even as I speak we have IDPs. The hon. Member for Gatundu North, only this afternoon was raising issues touching on Kenyan citizens who, for all practical purposes, are internally displaced and are living in forest. For the first time, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if this House adopts this Paper and hon. Members look at Paragraph 3.6.8.2, you will notice that for the first time, the Government has proposed, through the Cabinet and my learned friend, a policy on displaced persons. Hon. Members will find that on page 50 of the Report – Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). It is a shame and an embarrassment to have IDPs 46 years after Independence. It is a shame that even when they are displaced, we forget that we punish the child and the woman together with the husband who, initially, led the wife and the child into the area where the displacement has occurred. Therefore, for that reason alone, I would recommend that the House adopts this Policy, even subject to polishing and subject to the law that we are to come up with. Never again should a Prime Minister of this Country be threatened with a vote of no confidence merely because he is supporting the environment."
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