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    "id": 620393,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/620393/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
        "slug": "benjamin-washiali"
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    "content": "Exports were happening against the policy of the company. The policy of the company demands that no truck shall leave the company carrying more than 560 bags, which translates to 28 metric tonnes of sugar. Because those people were reckless, at one point, they were loading 1,000 bags onto a particular lorry, translating to 50 metric tonnes, which is against the company’s policy and the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Regulations. They became reckless because they had successfully done it several times. In the Report, there is even a case where one truck carrying 3,360 bags of sugar, each weighing 50 kilogrammes, was indicated as having exported sugar to Uganda. We did a lot of fact-finding as a Committee, and the Chairperson will support me on this. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) could not confirm whether the sugar that left Mumias Sugar Company was exported. If we were to go by the records of Mumias Sugar Company, the quantity of sugar that was exported to Uganda at one point was three times more than the quantity of sugar that was produced in Uganda in the same year. That is not possible. It is true that, that sugar could leave 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."
}