MP Kitur: Sweet-drinks company wanted to bribe me to stay quiet

Nandi Hills MP Bernard Kitur during a Moi High School Kabarak alumni church service at the school on May 25, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Earlier this year, as parliament was developing the finance bill 2025/2026, Hon. Bernard Kitur, MP for Nandi Hills, gave a presentation to the finance committee in parliament on the need to regulate the processed foods industry in Kenya.

Kitur’s proposition was that it is important that Kenya considers finding ways – even if it is by way of legislation – to control the amount of junk food Kenyans are consuming, as the food is “destroying Kenyans’ health and is contributing to rising cases of non-communicable diseases,” Kitur says.