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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My three minutes start counting now. I am concerned about the issue of the gazette notice. I have looked at it and it reads as follows: “The East African Community Customs Management Act 2004.” There are two issues that I raised during the earlier debate on the amendment to this Report, which has to do with the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and Planning and how he ended up giving this notification to the public. In the gazette notice which I want to refer to, it clearly says that- ‘It is notified for the general information of the public that in pursuit of the powers conferred on the Cabinet Secretary under Section 114(2) of East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004 and in consequence to the declaration by the President and Commander in Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces of the national disaster through Executive Order No. 1 of 2017, duty shall not be charged for the importation of the items set out in the schedule hereinto”. I believe that the reason as to why the public was notified that maize can be imported into the country was because the Cabinet Secretary (CS) was given the powers under the East Africa Community Customs Management Act, 2004, and that the President had issued Executive Order No. 1 declaring a disaster in this country. However, when the CS issued the gazette notice, according to this Report, there was a ceiling of 6 million bags that was to be imported into this country. I hope that the DCI would try to find out what happened after the ceiling was reached. According to this Report, over 10 million tonnes were imported. At that level, what was Kenya Revenue Authority doing by allowing importation of maize into this country above the ceiling which was approved by the gazette notice? My concern is on all the agencies that we keep talking about here. That is where the cartels are and that is where we need to think of how to solve that problem. According to this Report, Kenya Bureau of Standards indicated that the maize were substandard, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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