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Five, the relevant investigative agencies should investigate the CS for National Treasury to ascertain the circumstances under which Gazette Notice No. 4536, Gazette Notice No. 9801, Gazette Notice No. 9802 and Gazette Notice No. 10149 were issued, leading to importation of excess sugar into the country and evasion of taxes.
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Six, the relevant investigative agencies should investigate the then Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to establish the circumstances under which the CS recommended waiver of duty for the 14 companies which imported sugar under Gazette Notice No.9802. Seven, the DCI and EACC should conduct further in-depth investigations on all irregularities relating to the importation of sugar into the country. Eight, the Government should ban importation of un-bagged bulk sugar and institute measures to guarantee the safety of sugar and other food commodities imported into the country. Nine, the Government should ban importation of raw sugar meant for further ...
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per million (ppm) from the samples of the sugar. The relevant Government agencies to investigate the circumstances leading to the contamination of sugar with copper and lead. Finally, in view of the findings submitted by the Government Chemist that two samples tested positive for mercury - Moi Airbase, Eastleigh, Ref:F/MISC/267/17-18 at 0.11 ppm and West Webuye, Bungoma, Ref:F/MISC27/17-18 at 0.591 ppm - and the obstruction of the University of Nairobi (UoN) and the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) to validate the same findings through independent testing, the relevant Government agencies should immediately conduct further investigations on why the contracted ...
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On a point of order!
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Hon. Speaker, it is very unfortunate that we are coming to the end of this debate when we have not interrogated this document properly. I beseech that you allow me to donate two minutes. One to Hon. Oundo and another to Hon. Mutunga, if it so pleases you. I would like to donate few minutes of my time.
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Hon. Speaker, I was requesting… 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.
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Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is one year since we were elected as MPs. For us who are serving their second term we have five years and an extra one year. By being an MP, you have three cardinal rules; oversight, legislation and representation. As the captain of the ship that delivered this baby, I want to remain firm with the team and say that we brought to this House a Report that is credible and that has answered all the questions.
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I want to say clearly that if Members read this document, some of the questions that were asked here naively could have been answered. The question of health is well addressed. The issue of culpability is well addressed. The issue of CSs was not to indict them. We said in the correct language that the relevant agencies to investigate. I believe that as a team and Committee we did the best. Unfortunately, the Members who have contributed on this, chose only to focus on the issue of the CSs, whereas we have so many other issues. We have dealt with ...
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from market surveillance.”
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It is a strong statement. We went out there to different parts of this country and have brought a good document.
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