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    "content": "IDPs and affected communities, and gives effect to the Great Lakes Protocol on the protection and assistance to IDPs and the United Nations guiding principles on internal displacements; OBSERVING that the Act establishes the National Consultative Committee on IDPs whose mandate is to inter alia ensure registration of IDPs and maintain a database of such persons and advise the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and National Planning on the exercise of his or her powers and functions under the Act; CONCERNED that the Statement delivered to the Senate on 30th September, 2015 by the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare as a response on the enquiries on the status of the IDPs resettlement points to the fact that the distribution of the IDPs Fund which was approximately Kshs 15billion was done in a discriminatory manner and the criterion for profiling the IDPs was skewed; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to establish a Select Committee to investigate the operations of the Ministry of Devolution and National Planning and the National Consultative Committee on IDPs as far as the resettlement process and criteria used to profile and pay IDPs is concerned and further determine whether the Kshs 15billion was used for the intended purpose and report back to the Senate within three months; The Members of the select committee are:- Sen. Boy Juma Boy Sen. Stephen Sang Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki-Karue Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o Sen. Peter Mositet Sen. George Khaniri Sen. Naisula Lesuuda Sen. Janet Ong’era Sen. Emma Mbura"
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