Thika MP Patrick Wainaina now wants top officials at the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) investigated over the importation of contraband sugar and products.
Wainaina said KEBS and KRA should explain the existence of contraband products in the Kenyan market.Speaking to journalists in Thika on Monday, the MP accused KEBS and KRA top officials of sleeping on the job.He said that it is ironical that the two institutions are fully operational yet contraband products are existing in the Kenyan market.“Officials at the KEBS and KRA should tell Kenyans why there is contraband sugar in the market and if they have no answers then they should be arrested and charged in court,” he said.The MP said that KEBS has exposed Kenyans to serious health hazards after it emerged that the contraband sugar impounded in some parts of the country has laces of mercury, lead and copper which are harmful to human health.Wainaina also called for the prosecution of individuals and companies linked to the contraband sugar.Police continue to impound contraband sugar and products across the county in a multi-agency operation.Last week, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i warned companies and individuals linked to the illegal sugar and products, stating that the government will smoke out all the culprits involved in the illegal business and take them to court.Pressure is now mounting on the CS to name politicians and prominent individuals who are allegedly linked to the importation of the illegal sugar.