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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, this House extends the period of the Select Committee on the Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPâs) by three (3) months in order to enable the Committee conclude its activities as per the terms of reference of its establishment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in moving this Motion, I would like to start by thanking my Committee for a job well done. Unfortunately, by the time we were approved by the House, the House immediately went on recess. So, we lost about three months. Secondly, to get the Ministers coming - as you appreciate that there has been a public debate between the Ministry of State for Special Programmes and Ministry of Lands - has been a bit of a challenge. Apparently, the Government does not move as fast as we would wish. So, it has taken more time to get them on board. I would like to report that they are now co-operating very well. We still needed more time to interrogate them. Finally, the terms of reference that this House approved were very ambitious, including the possibility of coming up with a draft Bill. We have already engaged other agencies, both local and international, that deal with refugees and matters of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). We would like to ensure that the programme is concluded in a very comprehensive manner. When hon. Members were debating this Motion, they added other issues which were not anticipated, including forest evictees and all the displaced persons. The deadline that the Committee had been given, that is an original period of six months, will be coming to an end in mid June. We cannot achieve that. That is why we are asking for an extension so that we can do two specific things. One, to visit forest evictees, both from Mau and Embobut forests, and ascertain what has been done."
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