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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, I sought this Statement on the specifics of Mau resettlement and also in light of the clashes that have been going on, culminating in the tragic losses in Tana Delta. So, this was specific and must not be tied to the next Order, which is a Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for answering the question, although he has ambushed me and the rest of us. This is because last week they were at pains to demonstrate that it would be answered on Thursday this week. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Members of this House, who are also Members of that Committee on Mau, went public in our Press Center here and said that they had left that Committee. The Assistant Minister is telling us that he is not aware. Secondly, he is claiming now that the Government has been assisting the victims, who have been displaced as a result of the clashes in the various counties of Tana River, Wajir and Garissa. We would like him to confirm that even Red Cross, a humanitarian organization, has been denied access to support the people in Tana Delta. We would like the Assistant Minister to be truthful to this House, because the Government has an obligation on issues of IDPs. He says: “We will resettle the IDPs before the next general elections if land is available.” That is conditional. Our request, as per the Report of the Select Committee on IDPs which was passed by this House, is that you must resettle all the IDPs. Even the Government itself has been giving those elastic deadlines. But this House has passed a resolution that all the IDPs should have been resettled by May, 2012. At least, we gave up to December. The Government must give a specific timeframe because this is part of Agenda Four."
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