A parliamentary debate on the alleged importation of illegal and contaminated sugar failed to proceed yesterday.

This was after Members of Parliament alleged a plot to protect individuals found to be most culpable.

Speaker Justin Muturi deferred the debate to next week after a number of aggrieved members of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Trade requested amendments to the report tabled in the House at 5pm on Wednesday.

With claims of report alterations to suit those under investigation in exchange for kickbacks and cosy relations with those under probe dogging the committee, members were adequately prepared to debate the matter.