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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwau",
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        "legal_name": "John Harun Mwau",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, the Chair closed its eyes and allowed my name to be dragged seriously into the matter of drug trafficking without the matter being substantiated. Subsequently, the hon. Minister went ahead to state that the matter is under investigation and the report would be made available within 30 days. That gave me comfort to wait for 30 days, and the 30 days are gone. I have written to the hon. Minister severally asking that I be provided with a copy of the complaint by Amb. Michael Ranneberger, together with the forwarding report or letter of the allegation to him as the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security and also as the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, but to date there is no reply. Therefore, I am asking the Chair to ask the Minister to provide a copy of the complaint, which could form a threshold for me to be mentioned as a suspect on the matter of drug trafficking. Only then would that clearly satisfy these hon. Members who are not aware of the basis of the allegations. The Minister should have been able to state categorically what drugs each and every person he mentioned traffics, because you cannot just be a drug trafficker. If they say that there are drugs that are exported to the United States or Europe, the Minister must bring a Ministerial Statement on what drugs have been arrested in America or Europe, emanating from the Port of Mombasa. Otherwise, this innuendo and character assassination should not be the business of the House."
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