Former Gem lawmaker Jakoyo Midiwo has proposed stern punitive measures against National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich, over the poisonous sugar scandal.
Speaking on AM Live Tuesday, the former National Assembly Minority Whip heaped all the blame on the CS, noting that he has to carry the burden for endangering Kenyans’ lives by allowing the product’s entry.
Midiwo faulted Rotich’s move to open the window for all interested firms to import cheap sugar, noting that a framework should have been introduced to vet the firms before the transaction.
‘’Rotich blanketly allowed firms to import sugar and must be held accountable for the poison being sold to Kenyans now. What he did id murderous. If we can charge people with murder then we must start with him,’’ said the ex-lawmaker.
With the puzzle also bringing on board the Agriculture ministry under Mwangi Kiunjuri and his Interior and Industrialization counterparts Fred Matiang’i and Adan Mohammed respectively, Midiwo cleared Matiang’i of the blame.
‘’Matiang’I cannot be blamed for the saga. It is Rotich who must be held accountable for blindly allowing importation of the product,’’ he added.
Companies which have been named in the saga include Sukari industries and West Kenya millers, both belonging to the Rai Group of Companies and the South Nyanza Sugar popularly known as SONY.