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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Internally Displaced Persons Bill, Bill No.21 of 2012, be now read a Second Time. This House formed a Select Committee on the IDPs to look into the issues of immediate humanitarian assistance to the IDPs and also to come up with a Bill that will look into this problem. I am happy that we have delivered as a House and I have the pleasure of moving this particular Bill. This week, we will be celebrating the International Peace Day on Friday, 21st September, 2012, in Eldoret, for our case in Kenya. As we celebrate this day, I am happy that this Bill is also coming this week. This Bill has two particular objects. The first one is to provide for the prevention, protection and assistance to the IDPs. The IDPs in this Bill are defined beyond just the post-election violence that everybody seems to be familiar with. We have also expanded the definition of the IDP to include victims of clashes, natural disasters and even where the State may have to force displacements for purposes of large-scale development projects. The second objective of the Bill is to give effect to certain instruments and Treaties that the Government has committed itself to. One is the Great Lakes Protocol on the Protection and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacements. The Bill is a small one. It has about 24 clauses and there are five parts. I just want to highlight a few of the things that the Bill is looking into. First, is to give a definition of the IDPs. The second one is to create organs that will manage this process. It must be recalled that at the height of the post-election violence, the State found itself in the most embarrassing position where it was not prepared for any kind of disaster. It was not prepared for the victims of such disasters. Any country and Government worth its name"
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