{"id":806306,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/806306/?format=json","text_counter":46,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Ali","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the statement. Even if I do not want to talk about individuals here, the fact of the matter is that Kenyans are suffering. It does not matter whatever we say it here if Kenyans are dying because of ingesting wastes from other areas. I do not call that sugar. That is unfortunate. I agree with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. that it is time we asked the President to act. Stories and laying blames on others is not the issue, but action is key. The axe should fall on somebody. We know everybody. We are being told everybody is known. If everybody is known, why are we wasting time talking politics here? We are wasting our time. In any case, why should we not allow the sugarcane farmers to farm the sugarcane and help them grow instead of allowing people to import sugar? There is no need for factories to import sugar when the sugarcane farmers are suffering. Kenya has suffered enough for the last 50 years. We continue like this and thugs are becoming rich by the day because of counterfeit products. The small man in Wajir County is suffering. That is not fair. The other unfairness here is getting hold of the person who imported this sugar. It has passed through Kenya ports and entry points. Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) know where it passed. Why do we go for a small wholesaler who has the receipts from who brought it into the country? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}