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    "content": "Hon. Members, this other Communication relates to re-consideration of a House resolution by the Committee on Implementation. I wish to report to the House that my Office has received a Petition by one Ms. Bina R. Patel of Shree Sai Industries, P.O. Box 49796—00100, Nairobi. The Petitioner contends that the Petition of M/s Shree Sai Industries has suffered irreparable damage due to adverse recommendations contained in the Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives on the crisis facing the sugar industry, which was adopted by the House in 2015 during the 11th Parliament. The Petitioner notes that following the adverse findings and recommendations contained in the Report, the company has been denied import licence for the year 2019. The Petitioner avers that M/s Shree Sai Industries has been undertaking lawful importation of sugar into the country since 2012, but was denied a trading licence for the year 2019 on account that in item No.90, paragraph (e), appearing on page 46 of its Report, the Committee listed the firm as one of the companies that had been allowed to import sugar into the country by the KRA in the period 2013-2014 without the requisite permit from the Kenya Sugar Board. The company avers further that during the 2013-2014 period, the company never imported any sugar as claimed in the report. Following the adverse report, M/s Shree Sai Industries wrote to the KRA on 18th December 2018 seeking clarification why the company was listed in the Report. In its response dated 21st January 2019, the KRA confirmed that it had reviewed its records and established that the Petitioner’s company had only imported sugar into the country in 2012 and 2016, but not during the period 2013-2014. Since the receipt of the Petition, I have scrutinised the text of the Report tabled and adopted by the House in 2015. I do confirm that paragraph 90 of the Report mentions the Petitioner’s company as one of those that imported sugar without the requisite permit. I have also perused a letter from the KRA dated 21st January 2019 that states that M/s Shree Sai Industries, the Petitioner, did not import sugar into the country in the period 2013-2014. Further, I have scrutinised the minutes of the Committee and could not find evidence of the proprietors of M/s Shree Sai Industries having been invited to make submissions on the matter prior to being adversely mentioned for impropriety relating to the importation of sugar into the country. Hon. Members, as you may recall, on 30th August 2018, I communicated to this House a similar complaint by M/s Kenafric Limited, claiming that the Sugar Directorate had delayed processing and issuing of an import permit since the company had been adversely mentioned in a Report of the House. The company also lamented that it was not accorded an opportunity to be heard on the matter even after formally requesting to appear before the Committee."
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