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    "content": "I want to correct you. You are not going to get an answer. In fact, so many of you have spoken to this issue. You are expecting an answer from the Chairman of that Committee on evictions being done in the country. What capacity does the Chairman have to give an answer? He can only give a report. Indeed, we are just about to begin discussing something and we want to point out some of the difficulties that we are putting ourselves in by continuing to make requests for those Statements. But you are at liberty, hon. Bedzimba, to also appear before that Committee with this request, so that as a Committee, you can sit and agree on the period within which the report on this issue can be tabled before the House for the House to debate. If you are seeking the Chairman of the Committee to help you to stop the evictions, then this obviously is the wrong venue because that is a matter for the Judiciary. It is the only one that can deal with issues of issuing orders against evictions. So, we really need to make up our minds about this matter and how we are going to deal with them. Obviously, the Committee is not going to help you not to have the people evicted. Even if it is being done against the law, that is not the mandate of the Committee. But I would encourage you to have a sitting with the Committee to see how best the Committee can come up with a report, with your input, about how best these matters could be addressed, so that, Parliament then, addresses itself on a policy direction as opposed to issuing a report that says “do this or do not do this”. Very soon, we are going to put the House in a situation whereby some things we have resolved to be done in a particular manner are not being done. We do not want to act in futility. So, hon. Bedzimba, I would request that you take the earliest opportunity, even if it is tomorrow – that is if the Committee is sitting tomorrow - to appear before them, so that you can agree on modalities of how the report can be made."
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