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    "id": 302550,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would have wished to contribute for hours on end, but I will be very brief. In this Chamber, we are perhaps the lucky few who have been debating here in the last few days before we move to the new Chamber; it was on this Floor from where people heard about J.M. Kariuki. It was from this Floor that they heard about Tom Mboya, and it was from this Floor that they heard about all those things that have happened in the past. Everything to do with IDPs has been properly documented. Everything to do with the causes of the IDPs is known. The Members of Parliament have done their job. It is up to the Executive to listen. Just in case they do not want to listen - I can see they are consulting very hard - I am conscious of the fact that I, hon. John Mututho, has even been accused by the President for interfering with the resettlement of IDPs, which I accept. I want it to go on record today that just as the late hon. Mwangale said on this same Floor: a hyena was speaking to a stone and the stone did not answer, but it said to the stone that “I know you cannot answer, but you have heard”. The Government has heard. The issues and measures they are undertaking currently to deal with the issue of the IDPs border on criminality. They resemble what we saw during the Second World War. We have also seen it in other nations and what they have done with people who are helpless and who continue suffering. In Naivasha, we have 19 wards but when we are distributing our CDF, we divide it by 20 wards. The 20th ward being for the IDPs. The IDP problem can be resolved tonight. The IDP problem can be resolved without all these name calling and shouting. The IDP problem can be resolved if we accept the fundamental principles that the Constitution that we passed the other day guarantees equity among all human beings. I want to persuade the Executive to take five steps backwards, look at themselves and then look at the plight of these people as we approach the general election. They should note that those in the Executive can also fall victim to circumstances similar to those that befell the IDPs. I cannot continue. I will support and I will continue supporting. I look forward to this reformed Executive--- From a purely humanitarian point of view and looking at this Report very favourably, I support it."
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