{"id":806373,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/806373/?format=json","text_counter":113,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Halake","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13184,"legal_name":"Abshiro Soka Halake","slug":"abshiro-soka-halake"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support the Statement but I would like to bring the attention of the House to the State of Address of the Nation by the President a few weeks ago when addressed the nation in Parliament. He submitted a few reports, one of which was the Security Report. In that Report which I had an opportunity to read, the President indicated that Kshs1.7 billion was lost due to counterfeiting just last year alone. While my colleagues are asking the President to do something about this, the President has already owned up that this is a big issue. Going by what he listed in that report, counterfeits are not just sugar like my colleagues have said. They include automotive parts, pharmaceuticals, gas cylinders and everything you can name. We have had 3,500 deaths on our roads and the reason is because fake automotive parts are making their way into the country. Now there is mercury in sugar. The President has already told us that Kshs1.7 billion was lost. One of the things that really struck me as I was reading that Report was the helplessness of everybody including the Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Adan Mohammed, who said counterfeit goods have infiltrated the market. The most interesting part of this whole saga is the number of goods being set on fire. 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."}