Nairobi (Halbeeg) – The son of former president of Kenya and the younger brother of the incumbent will be prosecuted if he is found to have imported contraband sugar in Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed.
Protech Investments, a company associated with President Uhuru Kenyatta’s younger brother Muhoho was among list licensed sugar importers.
Speaking the 2018 American Chamber of Commerce Economic Summit at UN in Gigiri, Nairobi, Mr Kenyatta on Thursday said Muhoho should be investigated and prosecuted if guilty.
“People are out there bundling my brother yesterday… I have no problem. If he is guilty let him be dealt with, what’s the problem?” the President said.
The President noted that his government is committed to fight against corruption.
“We must develop trust in our institutions, that they will protect the innocent and prosecute the guilty,” he stated.
Early this week, Kenyan law Cornelius Serem accused the company associated with the First Family of about 180,000 metric tonnes of brown sugar into the country.
The country’s Agriculture Minister, Mwangi Kiunjuri who submitted the names of companies imported sugar into the country during last year’s three-month duty-free window said he wondered how the company of the first family ended up on the list when it was never awarded a licence to import sugar.
Protech Investment applied for an importation licence in 2011 but did not approvement by Kenya’s Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA).
“I was surprised when a concern was raised by owners that a company not licensed to import sugar had its name sneaked into the list I presented in Parliament,” Mr Kiunjuri said at a news conference.
Kenya government launched thorough operations and investigations after the enforcement agencies detained contraband sugar which tested positive for lead and copper following laboratory test conducted by Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).
Labelling details show the consignment of white and brown sugar had been milled in Brazil but packed in different countries, including the United Arab Emirates and India.
The sugar was said to have failed to meet polarisation standards and not fit for human consumption.
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