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"content": "to hon. Mbuvi’s office at Parliament, stated that he had information from the Commissioner of Police that hon. Mbuvi was one of the Members of Parliament who had been mentioned in connection with allegations of drug trafficking. The Minister was then challenged by the Member for Gichugu and the Member for Yatta to name the other Members of Parliament who were under police investigation as suspects of drug trafficking, now that he had named the Member for Makadara. The late hon. Prof. George Saitoti then stated that it was not his pleasure to do so, but that he would do it because it had been demanded by Members. He then stated that he had been informed that the Members suspected of drug trafficking were hon. Mbuvi, hon. Joho, hon. Mwau, and hon. Kabogo. He explained that those names were given to him by the police as the Members of Parliament who were being investigated. He emphasized that he had given those names only because Members had demanded it and also stated:- “Although these names have been mentioned, I think we must take the view that each of them is innocent until proven guilty. That is the position. I repeat that the matter is being investigated and none of the persons mentioned is guilty.” He then promised that the investigations will be concluded in about a month. Subsequently, on 3rd March, 2011, hon. Kabogo sought a Ministerial Statement on, among other things, the delay in tabling the report on the investigation of hon. Members allegedly suspected to be involved in drug trafficking which, on 3rd February, 2011, the Minister had promised would be concluded within a month. The Speaker had then directed that the Statement be availed on 10th February, 2011. On 17th February, 2011 hon. Prof. Saitoti gave a Ministerial Statement conceding that he had, on 22nd December, 2010, promised speedy investigations and conclusion of the matter within a month. He stated that he had then directed the Commissioner of Police to conduct urgent and thorough investigations but, due to the complexity of the matter, the police could not conclude investigations within that period. However, the Commissioner of Police had provided a progress report as investigations continued. The hon. late Minister asserted that, that far, no evidence had been found linking any of the four Members of Parliament to drug trafficking. He added that what was presented was an interim report and that further investigations which will culminate into a comprehensive report were ongoing. Hon. Mwau, however, sought to have the matter brought to an end by the Minister immediately, stating that the four Members of Parliament thus far had been exonerated. Ultimately, on Tuesday 13th March, 2012, as the House was discussing whether a document claimed to be a dossier by the British Government - which document had been tabled on 8th March, 2012 by the Member for Yatta, should be expunged from the records - hon. Mwau asserted that the Standing Orders should be applied without discrimination. He referred to his own adverse naming with three other Members on 22nd December, 2010 as being investigated by police on suspicion of drug trafficking. He claimed that this was contrary to the Standing Orders as it was done without a substantive Motion. He claimed that the late Saitoti had gone further and tabled a document similarly adversely naming Members of Parliament among, them himself. As a matter of fact, on 22nd December, 2010, the late hon. Prof. Saitoti did not table any document. The only document tabled on that day was by the hon. Member for Juja."
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