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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee was unable to hold public hearings in Nandi, Samburu, Lamu, Bura, Mandera, Nyeri and Makueni due to time, financial and logistical constraints. We conducted our work in four phases. Phase I was consultative workshops with those stakeholders. That is why we had meetings with the Ministries. In Phase II we had meetings with agencies and non-State actors dealing with IDPs. In Phase III we had public hearings and field visits to the IDP camps and areas affected by the post election violence. In Phase IV, we had the review of the national, regional and international protocols and the legal frameworks on the protection and assistance of the IDPs with a view to developing legislation on prevention, protection and assistance of the IDPs. After establishing our work programme, in line with the mandate that was set by the House, the Committee organized two consultative workshops where all the key stakeholders in protection and assistance of IDPs, including the Ministry of State for Special Programmes, Ministry of Lands, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, Ministry of Finance, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the Kenya Red Cross Society, the Kenya Human Rights Commission, the Refugee Consortium of Kenya, IDP Network, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Article 19 and Internal Displacements Policy and Advocacy Centre (IDPAC). As you will observe, we really tried to reach out to as many people who are in this business as possible so that we could give a more comprehensive report to the House. The various stakeholders as outlined above briefed the Committee on their respective roles, their challenges in resettlement and proposed durable solutions on the IDP crisis in the country. During the workshops the Committee also reviewed various reports relating to past displacements. These included:- 1. The Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee investigating the 1992 ethnic clashes in western and other parts of Kenya. 2. The Report of the Akiwumi Commission investigating the ethnic clashes from 1991 to 1997. 3. The Report of the Waki Commission on the 2007/2008 post election violence. 4. The Kriegler Report of the 2007/2008 post election violence. 5. The 2009/2010 Report of the Embobut Forest Task Force. 6. The Report of the Parliamentary Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the Mai Mahiu, Gilgil and Kurbanyet IDP Camps in the Rift Valley Province, 2011 amongst others. Phase II of the Committee activities entailed meetings with targeted Government Ministries responsible for protection and assistance of IDPs. These meetings were with the Ministry of State for Special Programmes and the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. The Committee planned meetings with the Minister for Finance under whose docket funding of the IDP programmes falls, and the Minister for Lands who is in charge of the resettlement exercise. But unfortunately the said Ministers never honored several invitations to attend the Committee meetings. The Committee considers the failure by the afore-mentioned Ministers to appear before the Committee in three specific ways. First, the Government’s efforts to frustrate our work and by extension the work of the Parliament. Two, the reluctance to resolve with finality the problem of IDPs. Three, we felt that the Government lacked"
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