23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. On Statement No.017/2014, I am waiting for the answer from the Clerk who is bringing it. On No.011/2014 we have already dealt with this Statement from hon. Moses Injendi and I do not know why it has appeared again for the second time. I am sure if the Member was in the House, he would have been satisfied.
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23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I was just saying that we have dealt with Statement No.5 of hon. Moses Injendi already. It may have appeared on the Order Paper by mistake. If the Member is in the House, he can confirm that. I am sure he is satisfied with that Statement, which we have already dealt with. On Statement No.017/2014, I am waiting for the answer from the Clerk and I will answer it in the next five minutes.
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23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to respond to Statement No.5 on the Order Paper. Hon. Opiyo had asked for clarification on three areas one, how the excess sugar entering the country is causing a major stock-pile and whether duty has ever been paid on the same. Yes, the excess sugar has found its way into the country through the following means:- (i) Smuggling through the porous border points. (ii) Diversion of transit sugar into the local market. (iii) Over-importation against the earlier authorized quantities by the Kenya Sugar Board. (iv) Disguised declaration of sugar imports as rice and ...
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23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. On Statement No.017/2014, I am waiting for the answer from the Clerk who is bringing it. On No.011/2014 we have already dealt with this Statement from hon. Moses Injendi and I do not know why it has appeared again for the second time. I am sure if the Member was in the House, he would have been satisfied.
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23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I was just saying that we have dealt with Statement No.5 of hon. Moses Injendi already. It may have appeared on the Order Paper by mistake. If the Member is in the House, he can confirm that. I am sure he is satisfied with that Statement, which we have already dealt with. On Statement No.017/2014, I am waiting for the answer from the Clerk and I will answer it in the next five minutes.
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23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to respond to Statement No.5 on the Order Paper. Hon. Opiyo had asked for clarification on three areas one, how the excess sugar entering the country is causing a major stock-pile and whether duty has ever been paid on the same. Yes, the excess sugar has found its way into the country through the following means:-
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23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
(i) Smuggling through the porous border points.
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23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
(ii) Diversion of transit sugar into the local market. (iii) Over-importation against the earlier authorized quantities by the Kenya Sugar Board. (iv) Disguised declaration of sugar imports as rice and fertilizer. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
(v) Official auctioning of the impounded sugar by KRA and releasing it into the market.
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23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly:
Two, on the issue of whether the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS) approves this importation, yes, to some extent, there is approval by KSB. However, excess and illegal sugar importations are not authorized by KSB. The auction is undertaken within the law and, subsequently, those imports are allowed to enter into the market.
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