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    "id": 302509,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the outset, I want to say that, as a member of the Committee, I was very heavily involved in the work of the Committee and in the field trips. Indeed, when we went out, the field visits were an eye opener and I remember that when we came back from one of those sessions, I actually had an outburst here in Parliament because some of the things that we saw were very shocking and many of us were not aware of the situation that many people went through and the status of IDPs in this country. I just want to give a few examples in some of the places we went to. When we had the field visit in Homa Bay, one of the major issues that came out from there was that understandably ethnic feelings were heightened; therefore even in profiling at that time some of the Government officers, unfortunately, took sides. You find in a place like Homa Bay even though IDPs were recorded from neighbouring communities like Mbita and others, their names were never forwarded. So, you find people from many of the areas who were registered as IDPs were never compensated by the Government. The Commissioner whom we found in Homa Bay actually attested to the fact that the names were given but were never forwarded to the Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, because it was not the fault of the IDPs the Government needs to do something. I think whenever this issue has been raised the Minister has always said that her mandate is limited. Minister, I understand you but now we are giving you a fresh mandate as Parliament. You need to take this to the Executive that we cannot punish Kenyans because the Executive decided to give a blind eye to certain categories of IDPs for no fault of their own. When we went to Kisumu, we saw so many people who came to us. I think Kisumu was one of the most horrifying stations we went to. People were not even informed that the parliamentary committee was there. From word of mouth they came in running. Some of them were not able to come. I remember one old woman, whose story I"
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