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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to request for a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Special Programmes. I would like her to brief the House on the issue of hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are currently marching from Gilgil to Nairobi, a distance of over 115 kilometres, in an attempt to be addressed by the Minister in Nairobi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like the Minister to clarify the following points: 1. Why she cannot immediately fly to the site and arrest the situation. 2. To state what intervention the Government is taking to ensure that security for the matching IDPs and to ensure that humanitarian relief, including food, water, medicines and transport from the Government are availed to this people who are marching. 3. Finally, to explain what happened to the money appropriated by this House for the settlement of these IDPs. OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT POSITION ON TJRC Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a second Ministerial Statement to seek from the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. The points I would like him to clarify are as follows: 1. Could he clarify the official position of the Government towards the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission in view of the happenings that have bedevilled this Commission since its inception? 2. Could he clarify whether statements attributed to the Cabinet Minister to the effect that the TJRC should not be funded and, on the other hand, another Cabinet saying that the TJRC should be disbanded? He should clarify whether these statements from the Ministers of Government are a mirror reflection of the Government position on the way forward for the TJRC. 3. I would like him to clarify and state the amount of money so far extended to the TJRC by the Government. 4. I would like him to confirm whether the TJRC is on course in discharging its mandate. 5. I would like him to clarify whether there is a deliberate strategy by some influential and powerful people either within the Government or with strong connections to high echelons of power to cripple and eventually collapse the"
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