Bura MP Ali Wario has lauded the national assembly for rejecting the preliminary findings of a joint committee that investigated the importation of sugar alleged to contain mercury and other poisonous substances into the country.
Addressing the press in Bura town after on Sunday, Wario said that the thrashing of the report was a clear indication that the National Assembly had matured and was not out to ‘rubber stamp what the executive wants’
“People have one perception that parliament must approve what is brought to the floor of the house. Parliament can either approve or reject a report. Their work is not just to rubber stamp what the executive wants,” Wario said.
On Thursday last week the National Assembly Majority Aden Duale and his minority counterpart John Mbadi led MPs in tearing into the findings of the team and objected to a recommendation that the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBs) should collaborate with other relevant government agencies to ensure that raw sugar that was imported during the duty exemption window be reprocessed by importers.
“We expected one definite recommendation on whether mercury was found in the sugar or there was no mercury as claimed by interior CS Fred Matiang’i. This report is not conclusive,” Duale said.
The Bura legislator commended the DPP Nurdin Haji for upping the game on the game on corruption and warned that nobody will be spared ‘this time round’.
“Unlike before when it was a free for all where anybody could mess and get away with it, things have changed,” he said.
“There is no competition this time around. It’s a walkover for us this time around. There is no crisis in Jubilee if anything we even stronger now that Raila is on our side,” he added.