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    "id": 979078,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saboti, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Amisi",
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Amisi Luyai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I rise to support this Report. I want to commend the good Members of this Committee for a very good work, especially because there is a new Committee. They have done a very fantastic work by visiting the areas and coming up with a very wonderful Report, a Report that is very honest and clear in thought. I happen to be a Member of Parliament for Saboti which is at the epicentre of IDPs. Saboti falls within Trans Nzoia, a very cosmopolitan county. During the political upheaval, we had influx of IDPs coming from all over in search of safety. So, there was a scramble for safety in Trans Nzoia. We have been having a lot of cases of people who are supposed to be genuine IDPs, having been left out. The list that was compiled consisted of people who were not genuine, or people who were previously landless and have found themselves as beneficiaries. So, this has been a problem that has haunted us as leaders. I appreciate the Committee for making physical visits. That is why they have come up with an open and honest Report. They made a physical visit to see the situation on the ground, not as reported or brought through accounting reports. It is also good to look at the list of genuine IDPs and who keep knocking at our doors. These people are from disadvantaged backgrounds, but we have left them to fend for themselves for problems the cause of which is not their own. The problems arise because of political issues. We found them in a bad situation, without land and displaced. This was a Fund that was supposed to help them to settle and go back to their previous lives. We found other unscrupulous The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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