Ford Kenya Party Leader Moses Wetangula has joined the ongoing corruption debate, throwing his weight behind President Uhuru Kenyatta's recent war declaration on graft.
Addressing mourners in township ward, Kanduyi constituency in Bungoma, during the funeral ceremony of former Bungoma Mayor James Mabuya on Saturday, Wetangula also opened up on the ongoing contraband sugar issue.
The immediate former Senate Minority Leader proposed stern punitive measures against the involved and named parties.
He also urged the President personally to see to it that the case is properly handled, specifically calling for investigations and prosecution against the officials of one of the largely mentioned firms.
"I fully support Uhuru's war on graft. Recently we were told that one of the sugar importers was storing the product in go downs and that, in itself, is a graft scandal," he said.
"We want those individuals, including the West Kenya top managers in court over the company's involvement in the saga. Uhuru must lead the war from the front as a proof of his good will," he added.
West Kenya Sugar joins the list of three other companies belonging to the Rai Group of Companies which have been heavily linked to the Brazil import, with the others being Amnei, Sukari Industries and Menegai Refineries companies.
According to the government, the sugar is unfit for human consumption as it contains deposits of the poisonous copper and mercury metals.