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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sirat",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Mohamud Sirat",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to support this Motion and bring it out that the mandate of this Committee is beyond IDPs as a result of the post- election violence. There are quite a number of other IDPs as a result of conflicts between communities, cattle rustling and also due to drought which is common in northern part of this country. There are some IDPs in Mandera, for example, who have been there for about ten years and the Government has been promising to do something but up to now, they have not been supported. All that they get is some little rations during the drought. When it comes to post-election violence, the Government has put a lot of attention to those IDPs. So, we are asking whether there are some IDPs who are more favourable than others. Why is the Government selectively ignoring some of the displaced persons in this country? For example, in North Eastern Province, we are neighbouring Somalia and we have refugee camps in Kenya. Sometimes our people are forced to go and get some rations from the refugees because the conditions of our people are worse than those of the refugees in the camps. So, you could ask yourself how Kenya can allow its own people to be in a worse situation than people from other countries who are refugees. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, due to the time that we have been utilizing due to constitutional implementation Bills, we could not finish this programme in time. That is why we are asking for more time. I also sit in this Committee and I think the three months will be adequate to enable us bring a comprehensive report so that this matter of IDPs is addressed properly."
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