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    "content": "There are always records of movement of goods in any country. When a commodity arrives at the port, the records are there. When they are moved to warehouses, there are warehousing records. When it moves on to wholesalers, there are records. So, it is not difficult to trace who is doing this. Lastly, the gazette notice issued by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance is a matter that this House must investigate. Under International Trade Law, when a person issues a notice and traders load their goods, that is locked in and becomes legitimate up to the port of discharge. The Cabinet Secretary issued a gazette notice, traders ordered for goods, then, while they were on the high seas, he changed the effective date of arrival of goods in the country and gave effect on the date of the second gazette notice to give advantage to some known sugar baron whose sugar of 500,000 metric tons was already arriving in Mombasa. That is the sugar that is causing havoc in the country. The national consumption of sugar in the country is below 6000 tonnes in a year. If we allow one single trader to bring 500,000 tonnes in one stroke, what story are you telling about Nzoia Sugar, Mumias Sugar, Ramisi Sugar, Muhoroni Sugar, Sony Sugar and all other factories? This is the big question. This House must have a firm say on what is going on in the sugar sector in the country. We are saying that it is being politicized but in my view, what is happening in the sector is criminal and those involved must be dealt with as criminals. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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