A section of legislators have dismissed claims that the report on contraband sugar was sidetracked in parliament where members of parliament in the joint committee on trade and Agriculture were bribed to shoot down the report on Thursday.
The MPs termed the claims as rumors and mere propaganda aimed at tainting the name of parliamentarians.
They defended the move by the parliamentarians to reject the report saying it was not sufficient enough to sack those involved in the sugar scam.
This comes after some members claimed that there was intense lobbying to discredit the report and bribery which would have dealt a blow to the careers of some public servants.
Speaking at Kanyarkwat in West Pokot County, Pokot South Member of Parliament Mr. David Pkossing dismissed the claims as unfounded.
Mr. Pkossing defended the three saying they were “clean” on the sugar issue.
“There was nothing in this report that implicates Mr. Rotich, Aden Mohammed and Willy Bett. Let us not play politics,” said Pkossing.
He argued that it was the responsibility of agencies like Kenya Bureau of Standards to ascertain the quality of sugar coming into the country.
The National Assembly deflected a committee report on the contraband sugar in a move that will severely dent the government’s efforts to fight sugar smuggling in the country.
The rejection of the report now leaves Kenyans with a large expenditure to mull over after more than Kshs 10 million was paid to the members of the joint committee in sitting allowances.