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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are again dealing with recanted evidence. Rule 68 has come back to the House. I want to go on record to say that this sugar has become ‘sour.’ This Report has been lying in this House and with the House Business Committee for over eight months. It would be brought to the Floor of the House and then disappear. I am happy that today, we are dealing with a matter that concerns over 6 million Kenyans, whose lives are at stake and whose factories have collapsed. That is why, as the representatives of the people of Kenya, we must make a decision on the way forward and do it honestly without the interference of politics and other issues. With regard to Standing Order No.48, I disagree with my former colleague and current leader. What Hon. Washiali was trying to do within his powers as a Member of Parliament in bringing this amendment either as a Member of a Committee or not, was to first amend the observations so that his next amendment would make sense. He started by amending the observations. It is very clear. There is no way that his amendment is contrary to the principle both in context, observation and in recommendation of what he wants to bring. The matter we are dealing with is not about imports. Let us make it very clear. It is about fictitious sugar exports of Mumias Sugar Company. When dealing with the crisis in the sugar sector, Mumias Sugar Company is at the top. That factory has collapsed! We must deal with it. Looking at the observations, there are 18 private companies that have been alleged to have been involved in that fictitious export scheme, which is similar to the Goldenberg Scheme. In the recommendations of this Committee, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Value Added Tax (VAT) officers stationed at Mumias Sugar Company and in various export exit points have been indicted. That is because KRA, through VAT remissions, has lost Kshs577 million. It is not a lie. It is the recommendation. The indictment is made on Page 115 where the Report recommends that the Board of Management and KRA officers responsible for this fictitious sugar export, which took place between 2006 and 2012, be held responsible for abuse of power and should be prosecuted. Between 2003 and 2012, who was the Managing Director of Mumias Sugar Company? The Managing Director of Mumias Sugar Company was none other than my very good friend, the Governor of Nairobi."
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