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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am quick to add that in the unlikely event that culpability is arrived at on any of the milling companies, regard should be had on the process of dealing with them considering that a withdrawal of milling licence would be counter- productive, excessive and injurious to the economy of Kakamega County. Mr. Speaker Sir, the three milling companies aforementioned contribute immensely to the revenue collected by the County Government of Kakamega. As a House, we must give direction to this matter, digest and decide whether this war against contrabands is meant to stop the vice or fuel competition wars between two importers. Mr Speaker, I am privy to information that witch-hunt and blackmail is rife in the sugar importation business. I am further aware that West Kenya Mills are in possession of a valid sugar importation permit. I, therefore, seek direction in knowing whether this fight against sugar contrabands is genuine or targeting one importer to the exclusion of others. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it must not go unmentioned that we have 200 business persons licensed to import sugar in this country. The process of importing sugar as set by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is that, once you import brown sugar, you must take to a factory or a miller to refine it before you distribute. Of the 200 importers, only six have got milling factories. It means that there are only six importers who refine sugar and distribute it to the market. It means that 194 importers in this country are importing sugar directly and distributing without refining. We need to come up with regulations to make it a must that the importers or anybody who will be licensed to import sugar in this country must have a milling factory or else, we shall continue consuming contaminated sugar. This matter needs fair adjudication. I was surprised yesterday when I saw people who are players in the sugar industry in the National Assembly standing before the House and saying that they would table a list of the cartels. I want to challenge the National Assembly Majority Leader hon. Duale to table that list---"
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