{"id":806299,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/806299/?format=json","text_counter":39,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Malalah","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13195,"legal_name":"Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah","slug":"cleophas-wakhungu-malalah-2"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to ask ourselves very difficult questions. First, we have been told that there is mercury in the sugar that is being supplied in this country. Do we have a report from the Government Chemist showing us that there is mercury in sugar? Who is this person who came up with the theory that there was mercury in the sugar being distributed? A police officer does not have microscopic eyes to determine mercury in sugar. We need to have an official report from the Government Chemist showing that there is mercury in the sugar. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I assure this House that once this matter has been concluded, it will be “messy, noisy and will have casualties”. This is because this matter interweaves; there are even players in the sugar industry seated with us in this Parliament. In a weeks’ time, I will be tabling names of the Members of Parliament who are also part of the cartels ailing our country. I beg to stop there. However, I speak from a very painful position because Kakamega County depends on sugar. Why do we allow people who do not trade and plant to be the biggest beneficiaries of sugar yet the farmer in Kakamega County is not benefitting from sugar farming? We want this matter to be committed to the relevant Committee in this House so that we can come up with a speedy conclusion and unearth the truth about this sugar menace in this country. Thank you."}