James Mathenge Kanini Kega

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 959.

• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I am not aware that it was moved because I did not second it. I think we were busy with the sugar issues. We need to check with the HANSARD to see what happened. If it was moved, then it was on Thursday, after the sugar issue. We will do internal consultation. view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Joint sittings of the Departmental Committees on Agriculture and Livestock and Trade, Industry and Cooperatives on the Inquiry into Alleged Importation of Contaminated Sugar into the Country, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 1st August 2018. This is the much awaited Report on importation of sugar. I begin by calling on colleagues to agree with the Committee and adopt the recommendations and findings contained in this Report. The Report was tabled last week and Members had ample time to read ... view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The Members who were in the 11th Parliament remember that a similar inquiry was adopted in this House. It was titled, The Crisis Facing the Sugar Industry . This House does not act in vain. This is the document that was adopted by the House. It is part of the information that we have in Parliament. They took one-and-a-half years to come up with this document. We took one-and-a-half months to come up with the document that we are sharing today. The Committee was guided by the following terms of reference to respond to issues raised in the statement: view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: (1) Measures in place to ensure that the sugar in the market was safe for human consumption; view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: (2) The sources of contraband sugar and the entities responsible for importing the sugar, view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: (3) Mechanism for disposal of contaminated sugar; view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: (4) Measures in place to guarantee the safety and fitness of foods in the market; and view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: (4) The circumstances under which the said contraband sugar acquired Kenya Bureau of Standard (KEBS) stickers. view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: It is very important for us to know what the request for statement was all about. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 44(2), Hon. Lesuuda requested for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives regarding the contraband sugar which was recently seized in most parts of the country. I took time to understand what the term “contraband” means. It means goods that have been imported illegally or smuggled secretly into the country. Hon. Lesuuda also alleged that the sugar was unfit for human consumption as it contained mercury and copper which are believed to ... view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The Leader of the Majority Party is not listening. It is against this background that she sought from the Chair the source of this sugar, how it was cleared at the point of entry - these are the terms of reference - who is the importer, whether the sugar was inspected prior to consumption, and how the packaging of contraband sugar acquired KEBS stickers. We went through all these. view