MPs have directed the Kenya Revenue Authority to halt the planned destruction of 49 containers of illicit sugar.
The destruction was scheduled for Friday.
Chairperson of the Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Committee James Gakuya issued the order during a meeting with acting Commissioner for Domestic Taxes Pamela Ahago.
The Committee raised concerns about the Authority's suitability to be involved in the disposal process.
This is owing to the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of condemned sugar in April, which is believed to have been repacked and sold to unsuspecting Kenyans.
"This Committee is devoted to thoroughly examine this issue to guarantee the safety and protection of Kenyan citizens, and to ensure that none of that remaining sugar is sneaked into the market again," Gakuya said.
The MPs had met with KRA in the probe on the disappearance of some 50kg-20,000 bags of sugar.
The sugar was shipped from Zimbabwe to Mombasa on June 30, 2018, but mysteriously disappeared from the Vine Park Industry warehouse in Thika in April.
On July 7, a director of a company at the centre of the disappearance of the cargo told the Gakuya-led committee that KRA officials know who stole the sugar.
The director of Vinepack Limited Peter Mwangi, told the committee that KRA officials sealed the godown ahead of determining whether eight conditions set for transportation and destruction were met.
He said KRA officials later unsealed the godown where the sugar had been stored only to find the stores empty.
Kenya Bureau of Standards had ordered the condemned sugar to be taken to a warehouse in Machakos and appointed Galgamesh Enterprises and Assets and Cargo to destroy it.
This was however not done as the said company requested Kebs to allow them to convert it into ethanol for industrial use.
It did not happen as KRA wrote to them and the government multi-agency team that was to oversee the destruction directing that the condemned sugar be taken to Thika under the supervision of Vinepack Limited and Assets Cargo who would use it to manufacture industrial ethanol.
