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    "content": "hon. Member to not only see the Commissioner of Police, but also to come and see me, so that appropriate arrangements can actually be made. I do not know of a more powerful undertaking I could give. But there is one thing, and I want to clear it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did say that, upon the Government learning about this matter - the predicament that hon. Mwau is in - I ensured that the American Embassy here was contacted to give us the information surrounding the decision that was made. That was done, indeed, on 6th June. That is when my Ministry wrote, by the hand of my Permanent Secretary, upon my instructions, to provide us with that information. That information has not yet come. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, after this matter was announced on 1st June or 2nd June, we did not waste time at all. On 3rd June, a letter was written, again by my own Permanent Secretary, upon my instructions, to the Kenya Ambassador to the USA, in Washington, to get information from the State Department, surrounding the decision that was made by the American Government. We did not even leave it at that. On 10th June, again, I directed that my Ministry does write to the Attorney-General to give us guidance on this matter and how it should be handled. So, essentially, what I am trying to say here is that we did not sit on our own laurels when we heard that a Kenyan had been adversely mentioned by another Government. We took the decision and acted as any Government would do when its own citizen is adversely mentioned or is being dealt with in an adverse manner."
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