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New twist in sugar import controversy

Hydery (P) Ltd General Manager Mohamed Kalyan and Director Naushad A. Merali when they appeared before the National Assembly Agriculture and Trade Joint Committees probing sugar scandal at County Hall in Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

MPs now want State agencies to explain why a firm Parliament blacklisted in 2013 was allowed to import duty-free sugar.

The joint team investigating contraband sugar yesterday expressed shock that Mombasa-based Hydery (P) Limited was allowed to import 35,000 metric tonnes of sugar despite being blacklisted by Parliament in 2013.

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