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    "id": 1056211,
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    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": "Government some legal backing to come up with regulations. Article 94 of the Constitution is very clear that it is this House that makes laws and nobody else can make enforceable laws. There are good lawyers on that Committee like Hon. Kaluma, and they should look at the Bill from a layman’s understanding. Can the person who will be enforcing laws make their own laws? The issue of surveillance is also something that we need to be careful about. Some individuals can go overboard. When they will be allowed a leeway to eavesdrop on people’s conversations, they might abuse the power. There is freedom of expression, freedom of thought and freedom of association. This can easily be abused. We need to relook at it as we craft this law. The other good thing is extradition and close cooperation. When the Akashas appeared in court in New York, a lot of us were surprised at how they landed there. It is as if they were stolen, because there was no law to facilitate their extradition. Through this law, we will get assistance from foreign Governments to deal with their citizens doing drug business in our country and vice- versa, so that our domestic laws can be applied in other countries. The other issue is collection of information that I have alluded to. We will need to look at it across a clear glass. Anyone collecting information has to be authorised. The Committee has been kind enough to say that sometimes law enforcers must seek authority from the courts. Unless they do that, individuals can abuse their offices to eavesdrop or go after individuals who they do not want. Finally, let me say something on public participation. Groups and organisations that participated in public participation are only Government agencies. I was asking myself, what about organisations like the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA)? What about civil institutions that are on the frontline of fighting the drug menace and those who support rehabilitation of drug addicts? The amendments that have been suggested are very good. If the Committee can push them through, this will be a very good law. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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