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    "content": "It should also be recalled that even when I made the Statement and said that I would carry out this work and bring a report within a month, the Prime Minister also said that we may require more time, perhaps even two months. So, it was very clear to this House that although the police were undertaking an investigation, there was also another organ of the Government which was undertaking the same. Therefore, this has not been brought here out of malice. It has been brought here to inform the Members of Parliament how far the investigations have reached. I have been fairly transparent, contrary to what has been stated. Hon. Kabogo indicated that there was a Statement that was made by the Ambassador of the United States of America on 16th November, 2010. In that Statement, he stated that four senior Government officials and a businessman had been banned from travelling to the United States. I did my duty, as a Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, on matters which have to do with crime. I talked to the American Ambassador and told him that I wanted to have the information about the Government officials, including the businessman, who had been banned from travelling to the United States for drug trafficking. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have accordingly tabled before this House this afternoon the dossier which was forwarded to me by the American Ambassador, including a covering note on matters of drug trafficking. It is upon the receipt of that document that I said that investigations must be carried out. Drug trafficking is a very grave crime. We know the harm it is doing in our country. So, we started working on it. This matter came into this Parliament as a result of a Statement made here by hon. Sonko, complaining against police harassment."
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