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Kenya: Ministers Face Axe Over Contaminated Sugar Scandal
Nation, 2 August 2018
Two Cabinet Secretaries could be forced out of office after two parliamentary committees recommended the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to probe their actions leading… Read more »
Unemployment Looms For Kenyan Ministers Over Sugar Scandal
Members of parliament want Cabinet Secretaries Henry Rotich and Adan Mohamed held culpable for sugar, feared to be laced with elements of mercury, lead and copper, entering the country's market. They also want former agriculture official Willy Bett, now the Kenyan High Commissioner to India, to be investigated for allegedly helping 14 companies to import the contaminated sugar without paying duty.
Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Chairman Kanini Kega (right) and his counterpart from the Agriculture and Livestock team, Adan Haji Ali, are leading the National Assembly’s probe into the sugar scandal.
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Kenya: Sony Sugar on the Spot Over Alleged Theft of Millions
Nation, 30 July 2018
The South Nyanza Sugar Company (Sony Sugar) is on the spot over alleged misappropriation of a Sh335million loan secured from the Commodities Fund last year. Read more »
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Kenya: MPs Want Matiang'i at Sugar Probe Session
Nation, 26 July 2018
MPs investigating the suitability of sugar consumed by Kenyans were on Wednesday determined to have Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i appear before them over the claims he… Read more »
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Kenya: MPs Want Cabinet Ministers Indicted Over 'Poisonous' Sugar
Nation, 23 July 2018
Members of Parliament have resolved to indict two Cabinet secretaries and a number of parastatal heads for endangering the lives of Kenyans by allowing 'poisonous' sugar into the… Read more »
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Kenya: MPs Link Govt Officials Rotich, Bett to Sugar Smuggling
Nation, 11 July 2018
Two MPs on Tuesday linked Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and former Agriculture CS Willy Bett to sugar smuggling. Read more »
InFocus
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Anti-narcotics police reportedly found unsealed polypropylene bags concealed within the bags of sugar with a substance packaged in block shape suspected to be narcotics, according ... Read more »
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The details of the ship that has been docked since August 2017 emerged following revelations that a ship bringing 10,000 tonnes of Morocco fertiliser to Mombasa fled to the high ... Read more »
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In Nyanza, retailers have pushed up the cost of Sony Sugar brands due to an increase in demand as most consumers avoid brands from factories linked to the controversial importation ... Read more »
