{"id":822346,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/822346/?format=json","text_counter":258,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nakuru Town East, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. David Gikaria","speaker":{"id":2489,"legal_name":"David Gikaria","slug":"david-gikaria"},"content":"Hon. Speaker, I listened to the Chair of the Committee. He should allow me to give my views. First and foremost, if indeed the Committee was serious in what it was doing, it ought to have understood what Hon. Naisula was talking about: the mention of sugar in Eastleigh. If in Eastleigh this sugar never came through the right channel, what did the Committee say about our porous sugar where some of this sugar could be coming through? The Committee ought to have looked at the porous borders where sugar could be coming through illegally. Secondly, as was mentioned by Hon. Aden Duale, it is important, when you say somebody is culpable, for you to exactly mention the infringement of the laws they are culpable for. I want to believe the CS for National Treasury could not have acted on his own. It could have been a Cabinet meeting where they sat and agreed. After that, because it fell under his docket, he went to write the letters that gave the waiver for the importation of sugar. The mention of public health is very important. Under the Public Health Act, public health officers play a role in terms of food safety. That was the gist of the statement that was raised by Hon. Naisula. So the Committee ought to have invited public health officers to give their verdict. Lastly, we are talking about sugar which normally goes through some inspection, even in the countries it comes from. The Committee ought to have visited one country where this sugar was coming from and maybe get some inspection report so that we could know whether the sugar was contaminated in the country of origin or in this country. With those few remarks, Hon. Speaker, I oppose the report. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}