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    "content": "Hon. Pukose, I have actually seen the report and it is almost ready. It has been delayed by this new matter and the Committee has actually written to specific people to appear before them to proffer evidence particularly in the area of demurrage. This is because whatever is charged on demurrage ends up being factored in the cost of fuel. I have discussed with the Chair and you can obviously see something very suspicious as to why ships at the Port of Mombasa would come and stay there for several weeks yet you are paying demurrage. Why are they allowed to go and hang out there? Do we not have a way that you can organise yourselves well enough to ensure that once a ship comes in to discharge, it does so within the shortest time possible? That is what is happening in other ports. There are certain inefficiencies. This is what has made the Committee to request for just an extra time to allow these people to appear so that they do not say that they have not been given sufficient time to prepare. Therefore, I want to defend the Committee because I have seen the draft report, which is ready. Hon. Pukose, I always go through these reports. The Committee has actually moved with a lot of speed and I think you may also have taken note of some of the statements by those who appeared before it. Hon. Duale noted that levies that have been collected have been applied elsewhere as opposed to being applied for purposes for which they were levied. Therefore, all these issues need to be dealt with. I think that report will be sufficiently informative to Hon. Members to make a determination. This is because you cannot provide to collect this levy for a certain purpose and then somehow go and dip your fingers there and remove it for another purpose. No one seems to know where it is paid. Hon Pukose, I am sure you know how people harvest honey in the villages; they dip their fingers all over. That is what appears to be happening and I think I like what the Committee has done to identify some of those fingers. As a House, you will make a determination about what to do with those fingers. You can even decide to cut them, is it not so? Hon. Mohamed Sheikh, I can see you are burning to say something. You also seem not to have a card. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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