Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) managing director Charles Ongwae. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) Managing Director Charles Ongwae has been arrested over bad sugar.
Mr Ongwae is currently being grilled at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters in Nairobi.
Nine
other Kebs top officials have also been arrested including quality
assurance and inspection director, Mr Eric Chesire, and head of the
inspection department, Mr Eric Ochieng.
Sticker marks
Police are grilling them on the bad sugar that has been seized
in raids across the country and issues touching on Kebs sticker marks.
On
Thursday, Mr Ongwae told the National Assembly Committee on Trade and
Industry that tests on impounded sugar samples had found high levels of
copper, but did not find any traces of mercury as claimed by Interior
secretary Fred Matiang’i.
The high
presence of copper and lead in the sugar means millions of Kenyans have
been exposed to the harmful effects of the heavy metals, which cause a
wide range of diseases and disorders.
More follows.
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