{"id":806319,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/806319/?format=json","text_counter":59,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Farhiya","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13179,"legal_name":"Farhiya Ali Haji","slug":"farhiya-ali-haji"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Statement. There is the issue that my Senator for Wajir County was talking about; in terms of someone telling the police: “This is the person who sold it to me.” I also heard that story over the weekend. If we go that route, then we are just creating distractions along the way. At the end of the day, fighting corruption and adding value to Kenyans’ lives will not bear any fruits. Therefore, let us deal with the issue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very clear process. We might not know who committed the other crimes, but this one is very clear. Who imported this sugar? Even in terms of the quality and the form the sugar was in, the Government just needs to follow that person. Do not harass people who might have bought the sugar from a third party. This issue was also used as an excuse to extort and harass the Somali Community during the terrorism issue. Somalis are also victims in this issue of terrorism because just the other day, you heard that out of the eight people who were killed, seven of them were from the local Somali Community. Therefore, let us not use this fight to create another corruption on corruption, by extorting people who are innocent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, sometimes I wonder where the value for people’s lives is. Surely, how desperate are you for that money that you even want kill your fellow Kenyans? Probably, it will even kill you, because you never know how it will come around. Mr. Speaker, Sir, part of the President’s Big Four Agenda is the industrialisation and manufacturing sector. However, through the illegal importation of sugar, we are actually killing those factories and industries that we already have. How are we, therefore, going to achieve that Agenda? Therefore, the people importing sugar are also killing the ambition of the President as represented by the Big Four Agenda. Therefore, as the Jubilee Party, we want those people fought vehemently. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are too many distractions---"}