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    "id": 807431,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/807431/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. About 40 per cent of all the goods that we have in this country are suspected to be illicit. It is even worse because they are even talking about malaria drugs. About 90 per cent of them are illicit, which is a serious issue. The CS said that the sugar that we have in this country is contaminated with mercury and copper, which is a serious issue. Where does this sugar come from? Why do we import? We import because industries that used to give us sugar were killed. Basically, it was a well-calculated move. Who are importing this sugar? They are people who are licensed by the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB). They are even given exemptions by the National Treasury. I confirm to this House and to the nation that our Committee, within a week or so, will be tabling the list of all the people who have been licensed to import sugar in this country, the amounts they have imported and the ration they have been getting. Those are the kind of assurances that we want to give to this House. This is a very serious issue that touches on our health and the very lives of the people of western Kenya, who have been suffering because of illegal cartels. They are not just cartels, they are smugglers. It could be the reason we are having diseases that we cannot even understand in this country. We are talking with this kind of passion because we know that this is something that has been orchestrated over a period of time and it has to come to an end."
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