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    "id": 810989,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": "(iii) Whether the laid down procedures were followed in the importation of sugar and how it was cleared at the point of entry in to the country; (iv) Whether there are disposal plans of contraband sugar and measures in place to ensure the disposal mechanism is not hazardous to the environment and human health; (v) If there are measures in place to ensure that the sugar in the market is safe for human consumption and if there is any arrests that have been made to the people who are behind this illicit trade. During the inquiry, the Joint Committee held 12 sittings and received submissions from ministries, agencies and other stakeholders. Further, to apprise itself with activities of the multiagency team and understand the gravity of the matter, the Committee undertook targeted inspection visits, to warehouses, where the seized sugar was stored as well as the port of Mombasa. The inspection visit reports to Mombasa, Nakuru, Kakamega and Webuye, identified major concerns on storage and handling of imported sugar. The Committee received oral and written submissions from the following: The Cabinet Secretaries in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation, National Treasury and Planning, Trade Industry and Cooperatives, Interior and Coordination of National Government, KBS, KRA, Hydery (P) LTD, Diamond Wholesalers LTD., West Kenya Sugar Company LTD., SGS Limited, SONY commonly referred to as South Nyanza Sugar Company. So far and this is very important, from the preliminary laboratory test and ongoing analysis, no traces of mercury have been found. However, investigations on the same and different samples are ongoing. The Committee was informed by the Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives an analysis of copper and lead indicate that the samples seized from Eastleigh and Paleah Stores Ruiru failed with lead at 0.35 ml/kg against a requirement of 0.05 ml/kg whereas copper was at 20.7 ml/kg against the required standard of 0.2ml/kg. The Committee also noted that the Ministry of Health submitted that a laboratory analysis of samples collected from sugar across the country, undertaken as of 23rd June 2018 indicated that copper, lead and arsenic contaminants are within the standard specification but had a high moisture content beyond the standards, whereas, the analysis of the mercury contamination is ongoing."
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