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    "id": 46166,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/46166/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndambuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 191,
        "legal_name": "Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki",
        "slug": "gideon-ndambuki"
    },
    "content": "An Egyptian company, United Sugar Company, has been contracted to import 25,000 metric tonnes of white refined sugar with a consignee being Kenya Breweries Limited. Already, 2,350 metric tonnes of white refined sugar were delivered on January, 2011, leaving a balance of 22,650. The above consignment was shipped in from Egypt and, hence, not subject to Import Duty as Egypt is a member of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) trading block. Thus, it is granted zero tariffs on a product manufactured within COMESA region. The presentation of the COMESA certificate of origin by the United Sugar Company marked “White Refined Sugar”, whereas it should have been marked “Egypt White Sugar”, raised suspicion on the true origin of the sugar consignment. At the same time, the shipper who is a private company was granted the COMESA certificate of origin, a case reserved for integrated transporters only. The Ministry, through the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB), has also received communication from the Kenya Embassy in Egypt vide a letter referenced KE/COM/VOL/ Vol.IV/ 19 dated 5th April, 2011 questioning the origin of the imported sugar. Initial investigations have indicated that the sugar originated from Brazil. Since Brazil is not among the COMESA countries, the importer intended to re-export the consignment to Kenya as Egypt sugar in order to evade Custom Duty. KSB surveillance officers and Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) are still carrying out a further investigation to determine the true origin of the sugar to ensure that all the due legal procedures are followed and all statutory payments are made by the importer as may be required."
}