diff --git a/pkg/kafka/sarama_client.go b/pkg/kafka/sarama_client.go
index 87c7ce4..581cf49 100755
--- a/pkg/kafka/sarama_client.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/sarama_client.go
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@
 	return client
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
-	logger.Info(ctx, "Starting-kafka-sarama-client")
+func (sc *SaramaClient) Start() error {
+	logger.Info("Starting-kafka-sarama-client")
 
 	// Create the Done channel
 	sc.doneCh = make(chan int, 1)
@@ -242,26 +242,26 @@
 	// Add a cleanup in case of failure to startup
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
-			sc.Stop(ctx)
+			sc.Stop()
 		}
 	}()
 
 	// Create the Cluster Admin
-	if err = sc.createClusterAdmin(ctx); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "Cannot-create-cluster-admin", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	if err = sc.createClusterAdmin(); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("Cannot-create-cluster-admin", log.Fields{"error": err})
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// Create the Publisher
-	if err := sc.createPublisher(ctx); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "Cannot-create-kafka-publisher", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	if err := sc.createPublisher(); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("Cannot-create-kafka-publisher", log.Fields{"error": err})
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if sc.consumerType == DefaultConsumerType {
 		// Create the master consumers
-		if err := sc.createConsumer(ctx); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw(ctx, "Cannot-create-kafka-consumers", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		if err := sc.createConsumer(); err != nil {
+			logger.Errorw("Cannot-create-kafka-consumers", log.Fields{"error": err})
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -269,15 +269,15 @@
 	// Create the topic to consumers/channel map
 	sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap = make(map[string]*consumerChannels)
 
-	logger.Info(ctx, "kafka-sarama-client-started")
+	logger.Info("kafka-sarama-client-started")
 
 	sc.started = true
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) Stop(ctx context.Context) {
-	logger.Info(ctx, "stopping-sarama-client")
+func (sc *SaramaClient) Stop() {
+	logger.Info("stopping-sarama-client")
 
 	sc.started = false
 
@@ -286,38 +286,38 @@
 
 	if sc.producer != nil {
 		if err := sc.producer.Close(); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw(ctx, "closing-producer-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			logger.Errorw("closing-producer-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
 		}
 	}
 
 	if sc.consumer != nil {
 		if err := sc.consumer.Close(); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw(ctx, "closing-partition-consumer-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			logger.Errorw("closing-partition-consumer-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
 		}
 	}
 
 	for key, val := range sc.groupConsumers {
-		logger.Debugw(ctx, "closing-group-consumer", log.Fields{"topic": key})
+		logger.Debugw("closing-group-consumer", log.Fields{"topic": key})
 		if err := val.Close(); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw(ctx, "closing-group-consumer-failed", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": key})
+			logger.Errorw("closing-group-consumer-failed", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": key})
 		}
 	}
 
 	if sc.cAdmin != nil {
 		if err := sc.cAdmin.Close(); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw(ctx, "closing-cluster-admin-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			logger.Errorw("closing-cluster-admin-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
 		}
 	}
 
 	//TODO: Clear the consumers map
 	//sc.clearConsumerChannelMap()
 
-	logger.Info(ctx, "sarama-client-stopped")
+	logger.Info("sarama-client-stopped")
 }
 
 //createTopic is an internal function to create a topic on the Kafka Broker. No locking is required as
 // the invoking function must hold the lock
-func (sc *SaramaClient) createTopic(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, numPartition int, repFactor int) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createTopic(topic *Topic, numPartition int, repFactor int) error {
 	// Set the topic details
 	topicDetail := &sarama.TopicDetail{}
 	topicDetail.NumPartitions = int32(numPartition)
@@ -329,29 +329,29 @@
 	if err := sc.cAdmin.CreateTopic(topic.Name, topicDetail, false); err != nil {
 		if err == sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists {
 			//	Not an error
-			logger.Debugw(ctx, "topic-already-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+			logger.Debugw("topic-already-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 			return nil
 		}
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "create-topic-failure", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		logger.Errorw("create-topic-failure", log.Fields{"error": err})
 		return err
 	}
 	// TODO: Wait until the topic has been created.  No API is available in the Sarama clusterAdmin to
 	// do so.
-	logger.Debugw(ctx, "topic-created", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "numPartition": numPartition, "replicationFactor": repFactor})
+	logger.Debugw("topic-created", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "numPartition": numPartition, "replicationFactor": repFactor})
 	return nil
 }
 
 //CreateTopic is a public API to create a topic on the Kafka Broker.  It uses a lock on a specific topic to
 // ensure no two go routines are performing operations on the same topic
-func (sc *SaramaClient) CreateTopic(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, numPartition int, repFactor int) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) CreateTopic(topic *Topic, numPartition int, repFactor int) error {
 	sc.lockTopic(topic)
 	defer sc.unLockTopic(topic)
 
-	return sc.createTopic(ctx, topic, numPartition, repFactor)
+	return sc.createTopic(topic, numPartition, repFactor)
 }
 
 //DeleteTopic removes a topic from the kafka Broker
-func (sc *SaramaClient) DeleteTopic(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) DeleteTopic(topic *Topic) error {
 	sc.lockTopic(topic)
 	defer sc.unLockTopic(topic)
 
@@ -359,16 +359,16 @@
 	if err := sc.cAdmin.DeleteTopic(topic.Name); err != nil {
 		if err == sarama.ErrUnknownTopicOrPartition {
 			//	Not an error as does not exist
-			logger.Debugw(ctx, "topic-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+			logger.Debugw("topic-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 			return nil
 		}
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "delete-topic-failed", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "error": err})
+		logger.Errorw("delete-topic-failed", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "error": err})
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// Clear the topic from the consumer channel.  This will also close any consumers listening on that topic.
-	if err := sc.clearTopicFromConsumerChannelMap(ctx, *topic); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "failure-clearing-channels", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "error": err})
+	if err := sc.clearTopicFromConsumerChannelMap(*topic); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("failure-clearing-channels", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "error": err})
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -376,18 +376,18 @@
 
 // Subscribe registers a caller to a topic. It returns a channel that the caller can use to receive
 // messages from that topic
-func (sc *SaramaClient) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, kvArgs ...*KVArg) (<-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) Subscribe(topic *Topic, kvArgs ...*KVArg) (<-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
 	sc.lockTopic(topic)
 	defer sc.unLockTopic(topic)
 
-	logger.Debugw(ctx, "subscribe", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	logger.Debugw("subscribe", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 
 	// If a consumers already exist for that topic then resuse it
 	if consumerCh := sc.getConsumerChannel(topic); consumerCh != nil {
-		logger.Debugw(ctx, "topic-already-subscribed", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+		logger.Debugw("topic-already-subscribed", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 		// Create a channel specific for that consumers and add it to the consumers channel map
 		ch := make(chan *ic.InterContainerMessage)
-		sc.addChannelToConsumerChannelMap(ctx, topic, ch)
+		sc.addChannelToConsumerChannelMap(topic, ch)
 		return ch, nil
 	}
 
@@ -398,13 +398,13 @@
 	// Use the consumerType option to figure out the type of consumer to launch
 	if sc.consumerType == PartitionConsumer {
 		if sc.autoCreateTopic {
-			if err = sc.createTopic(ctx, topic, sc.numPartitions, sc.numReplicas); err != nil {
-				logger.Errorw(ctx, "create-topic-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+			if err = sc.createTopic(topic, sc.numPartitions, sc.numReplicas); err != nil {
+				logger.Errorw("create-topic-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
-		if consumerListeningChannel, err = sc.setupPartitionConsumerChannel(ctx, topic, getOffset(kvArgs...)); err != nil {
-			logger.Warnw(ctx, "create-consumers-channel-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+		if consumerListeningChannel, err = sc.setupPartitionConsumerChannel(topic, getOffset(kvArgs...)); err != nil {
+			logger.Warnw("create-consumers-channel-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	} else if sc.consumerType == GroupCustomer {
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 		// does not consume from a precreated topic in some scenarios
 		//if sc.autoCreateTopic {
 		//	if err = sc.createTopic(topic, sc.numPartitions, sc.numReplicas); err != nil {
-		//		logger.Errorw(ctx, "create-topic-failure", logger.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+		//		logger.Errorw("create-topic-failure", logger.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
 		//		return nil, err
 		//	}
 		//}
@@ -425,13 +425,13 @@
 			// Need to use a unique group Id per topic
 			groupId = sc.consumerGroupPrefix + topic.Name
 		}
-		if consumerListeningChannel, err = sc.setupGroupConsumerChannel(ctx, topic, groupId, getOffset(kvArgs...)); err != nil {
-			logger.Warnw(ctx, "create-consumers-channel-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name, "groupId": groupId})
+		if consumerListeningChannel, err = sc.setupGroupConsumerChannel(topic, groupId, getOffset(kvArgs...)); err != nil {
+			logger.Warnw("create-consumers-channel-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name, "groupId": groupId})
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
 	} else {
-		logger.Warnw(ctx, "unknown-consumer-type", log.Fields{"consumer-type": sc.consumerType})
+		logger.Warnw("unknown-consumer-type", log.Fields{"consumer-type": sc.consumerType})
 		return nil, errors.New("unknown-consumer-type")
 	}
 
@@ -439,37 +439,37 @@
 }
 
 //UnSubscribe unsubscribe a consumer from a given topic
-func (sc *SaramaClient) UnSubscribe(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) UnSubscribe(topic *Topic, ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) error {
 	sc.lockTopic(topic)
 	defer sc.unLockTopic(topic)
 
-	logger.Debugw(ctx, "unsubscribing-channel-from-topic", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	logger.Debugw("unsubscribing-channel-from-topic", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 	var err error
-	if err = sc.removeChannelFromConsumerChannelMap(ctx, *topic, ch); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "failed-removing-channel", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	if err = sc.removeChannelFromConsumerChannelMap(*topic, ch); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("failed-removing-channel", log.Fields{"error": err})
 	}
-	if err = sc.deleteFromGroupConsumers(ctx, topic.Name); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "failed-deleting-group-consumer", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	if err = sc.deleteFromGroupConsumers(topic.Name); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("failed-deleting-group-consumer", log.Fields{"error": err})
 	}
 	return err
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) SubscribeForMetadata(ctx context.Context, callback func(fromTopic string, timestamp time.Time)) {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) SubscribeForMetadata(callback func(fromTopic string, timestamp time.Time)) {
 	sc.metadataCallback = callback
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) updateLiveness(ctx context.Context, alive bool) {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) updateLiveness(alive bool) {
 	// Post a consistent stream of liveness data to the channel,
 	// so that in a live state, the core does not timeout and
 	// send a forced liveness message. Production of liveness
 	// events to the channel is rate-limited by livenessChannelInterval.
 	if sc.liveness != nil {
 		if sc.alive != alive {
-			logger.Info(ctx, "update-liveness-channel-because-change")
+			logger.Info("update-liveness-channel-because-change")
 			sc.liveness <- alive
 			sc.lastLivenessTime = time.Now()
 		} else if time.Since(sc.lastLivenessTime) > sc.livenessChannelInterval {
-			logger.Info(ctx, "update-liveness-channel-because-interval")
+			logger.Info("update-liveness-channel-because-interval")
 			sc.liveness <- alive
 			sc.lastLivenessTime = time.Now()
 		}
@@ -477,21 +477,21 @@
 
 	// Only emit a log message when the state changes
 	if sc.alive != alive {
-		logger.Info(ctx, "set-client-alive", log.Fields{"alive": alive})
+		logger.Info("set-client-alive", log.Fields{"alive": alive})
 		sc.alive = alive
 	}
 }
 
 // Once unhealthy, we never go back
-func (sc *SaramaClient) setUnhealthy(ctx context.Context) {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) setUnhealthy() {
 	sc.healthy = false
 	if sc.healthiness != nil {
-		logger.Infow(ctx, "set-client-unhealthy", log.Fields{"healthy": sc.healthy})
+		logger.Infow("set-client-unhealthy", log.Fields{"healthy": sc.healthy})
 		sc.healthiness <- sc.healthy
 	}
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) isLivenessError(ctx context.Context, err error) bool {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) isLivenessError(err error) bool {
 	// Sarama producers and consumers encapsulate the error inside
 	// a ProducerError or ConsumerError struct.
 	if prodError, ok := err.(*sarama.ProducerError); ok {
@@ -506,48 +506,48 @@
 
 	switch err.Error() {
 	case context.DeadlineExceeded.Error():
-		logger.Info(ctx, "is-liveness-error-timeout")
+		logger.Info("is-liveness-error-timeout")
 		return true
 	case sarama.ErrOutOfBrokers.Error(): // "Kafka: client has run out of available brokers"
-		logger.Info(ctx, "is-liveness-error-no-brokers")
+		logger.Info("is-liveness-error-no-brokers")
 		return true
 	case sarama.ErrShuttingDown.Error(): // "Kafka: message received by producer in process of shutting down"
-		logger.Info(ctx, "is-liveness-error-shutting-down")
+		logger.Info("is-liveness-error-shutting-down")
 		return true
 	case sarama.ErrControllerNotAvailable.Error(): // "Kafka: controller is not available"
-		logger.Info(ctx, "is-liveness-error-not-available")
+		logger.Info("is-liveness-error-not-available")
 		return true
 	case breaker.ErrBreakerOpen.Error(): // "circuit breaker is open"
-		logger.Info(ctx, "is-liveness-error-circuit-breaker-open")
+		logger.Info("is-liveness-error-circuit-breaker-open")
 		return true
 	}
 
 	if strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "connection refused") { // "dial tcp 10.244.1.176:9092: connect: connection refused"
-		logger.Info(ctx, "is-liveness-error-connection-refused")
+		logger.Info("is-liveness-error-connection-refused")
 		return true
 	}
 
 	if strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "i/o timeout") { // "dial tcp 10.244.1.176:9092: i/o timeout"
-		logger.Info(ctx, "is-liveness-error-io-timeout")
+		logger.Info("is-liveness-error-io-timeout")
 		return true
 	}
 
 	// Other errors shouldn't trigger a loss of liveness
 
-	logger.Infow(ctx, "is-liveness-error-ignored", log.Fields{"err": err})
+	logger.Infow("is-liveness-error-ignored", log.Fields{"err": err})
 
 	return false
 }
 
 // send formats and sends the request onto the kafka messaging bus.
-func (sc *SaramaClient) Send(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}, topic *Topic, keys ...string) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) Send(msg interface{}, topic *Topic, keys ...string) error {
 
 	// Assert message is a proto message
 	var protoMsg proto.Message
 	var ok bool
 	// ascertain the value interface type is a proto.Message
 	if protoMsg, ok = msg.(proto.Message); !ok {
-		logger.Warnw(ctx, "message-not-proto-message", log.Fields{"msg": msg})
+		logger.Warnw("message-not-proto-message", log.Fields{"msg": msg})
 		return fmt.Errorf("not-a-proto-msg-%s", msg)
 	}
 
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
 	var err error
 	//	Create the Sarama producer message
 	if marshalled, err = proto.Marshal(protoMsg); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "marshalling-failed", log.Fields{"msg": protoMsg, "error": err})
+		logger.Errorw("marshalling-failed", log.Fields{"msg": protoMsg, "error": err})
 		return err
 	}
 	key := ""
@@ -574,12 +574,12 @@
 	// TODO: Use a lock or a different mechanism to ensure the response received corresponds to the message sent.
 	select {
 	case ok := <-sc.producer.Successes():
-		logger.Debugw(ctx, "message-sent", log.Fields{"status": ok.Topic})
-		sc.updateLiveness(ctx, true)
+		logger.Debugw("message-sent", log.Fields{"status": ok.Topic})
+		sc.updateLiveness(true)
 	case notOk := <-sc.producer.Errors():
-		logger.Debugw(ctx, "error-sending", log.Fields{"status": notOk})
-		if sc.isLivenessError(ctx, notOk) {
-			sc.updateLiveness(ctx, false)
+		logger.Debugw("error-sending", log.Fields{"status": notOk})
+		if sc.isLivenessError(notOk) {
+			sc.updateLiveness(false)
 		}
 		return notOk
 	}
@@ -591,11 +591,11 @@
 // or not the channel is still live. This channel is then picked up
 // by the service (i.e. rw_core / ro_core) to update readiness status
 // and/or take other actions.
-func (sc *SaramaClient) EnableLivenessChannel(ctx context.Context, enable bool) chan bool {
-	logger.Infow(ctx, "kafka-enable-liveness-channel", log.Fields{"enable": enable})
+func (sc *SaramaClient) EnableLivenessChannel(enable bool) chan bool {
+	logger.Infow("kafka-enable-liveness-channel", log.Fields{"enable": enable})
 	if enable {
 		if sc.liveness == nil {
-			logger.Info(ctx, "kafka-create-liveness-channel")
+			logger.Info("kafka-create-liveness-channel")
 			// At least 1, so we can immediately post to it without blocking
 			// Setting a bigger number (10) allows the monitor to fall behind
 			// without blocking others. The monitor shouldn't really fall
@@ -615,11 +615,11 @@
 // Enable the Healthiness monitor channel. This channel will report "false"
 // if the kafka consumers die, or some other problem occurs which is
 // catastrophic that would require re-creating the client.
-func (sc *SaramaClient) EnableHealthinessChannel(ctx context.Context, enable bool) chan bool {
-	logger.Infow(ctx, "kafka-enable-healthiness-channel", log.Fields{"enable": enable})
+func (sc *SaramaClient) EnableHealthinessChannel(enable bool) chan bool {
+	logger.Infow("kafka-enable-healthiness-channel", log.Fields{"enable": enable})
 	if enable {
 		if sc.healthiness == nil {
-			logger.Info(ctx, "kafka-create-healthiness-channel")
+			logger.Info("kafka-create-healthiness-channel")
 			// At least 1, so we can immediately post to it without blocking
 			// Setting a bigger number (10) allows the monitor to fall behind
 			// without blocking others. The monitor shouldn't really fall
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
 
 // send an empty message on the liveness channel to check whether connectivity has
 // been restored.
-func (sc *SaramaClient) SendLiveness(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) SendLiveness() error {
 	if !sc.started {
 		return fmt.Errorf("SendLiveness() called while not started")
 	}
@@ -654,12 +654,12 @@
 	// TODO: Use a lock or a different mechanism to ensure the response received corresponds to the message sent.
 	select {
 	case ok := <-sc.producer.Successes():
-		logger.Debugw(ctx, "liveness-message-sent", log.Fields{"status": ok.Topic})
-		sc.updateLiveness(ctx, true)
+		logger.Debugw("liveness-message-sent", log.Fields{"status": ok.Topic})
+		sc.updateLiveness(true)
 	case notOk := <-sc.producer.Errors():
-		logger.Debugw(ctx, "liveness-error-sending", log.Fields{"status": notOk})
-		if sc.isLivenessError(ctx, notOk) {
-			sc.updateLiveness(ctx, false)
+		logger.Debugw("liveness-error-sending", log.Fields{"status": notOk})
+		if sc.isLivenessError(notOk) {
+			sc.updateLiveness(false)
 		}
 		return notOk
 	}
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
 	return sarama.OffsetNewest
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) createClusterAdmin(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createClusterAdmin() error {
 	config := sarama.NewConfig()
 	config.Version = sarama.V1_0_0_0
 
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
 	var cAdmin sarama.ClusterAdmin
 	var err error
 	if cAdmin, err = sarama.NewClusterAdmin([]string{sc.KafkaAddress}, config); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "cluster-admin-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "broker-address": sc.KafkaAddress})
+		logger.Errorw("cluster-admin-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "broker-address": sc.KafkaAddress})
 		return err
 	}
 	sc.cAdmin = cAdmin
@@ -739,24 +739,24 @@
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) addChannelToConsumerChannelMap(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, ch chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) addChannelToConsumerChannelMap(topic *Topic, ch chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) {
 	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Lock()
 	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Unlock()
 	if consumerCh, exist := sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[topic.Name]; exist {
 		consumerCh.channels = append(consumerCh.channels, ch)
 		return
 	}
-	logger.Warnw(ctx, "consumers-channel-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	logger.Warnw("consumers-channel-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 }
 
 //closeConsumers closes a list of sarama consumers.  The consumers can either be a partition consumers or a group consumers
-func closeConsumers(ctx context.Context, consumers []interface{}) error {
+func closeConsumers(consumers []interface{}) error {
 	var err error
 	for _, consumer := range consumers {
 		//	Is it a partition consumers?
 		if partionConsumer, ok := consumer.(sarama.PartitionConsumer); ok {
 			if errTemp := partionConsumer.Close(); errTemp != nil {
-				logger.Debugw(ctx, "partition!!!", log.Fields{"err": errTemp})
+				logger.Debugw("partition!!!", log.Fields{"err": errTemp})
 				if strings.Compare(errTemp.Error(), sarama.ErrUnknownTopicOrPartition.Error()) == 0 {
 					// This can occur on race condition
 					err = nil
@@ -778,35 +778,35 @@
 	return err
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) removeChannelFromConsumerChannelMap(ctx context.Context, topic Topic, ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) removeChannelFromConsumerChannelMap(topic Topic, ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) error {
 	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Lock()
 	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Unlock()
 	if consumerCh, exist := sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[topic.Name]; exist {
 		// Channel will be closed in the removeChannel method
-		consumerCh.channels = removeChannel(ctx, consumerCh.channels, ch)
+		consumerCh.channels = removeChannel(consumerCh.channels, ch)
 		// If there are no more channels then we can close the consumers itself
 		if len(consumerCh.channels) == 0 {
-			logger.Debugw(ctx, "closing-consumers", log.Fields{"topic": topic})
-			err := closeConsumers(ctx, consumerCh.consumers)
+			logger.Debugw("closing-consumers", log.Fields{"topic": topic})
+			err := closeConsumers(consumerCh.consumers)
 			//err := consumerCh.consumers.Close()
 			delete(sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap, topic.Name)
 			return err
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
-	logger.Warnw(ctx, "topic-does-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	logger.Warnw("topic-does-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 	return errors.New("topic-does-not-exist")
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) clearTopicFromConsumerChannelMap(ctx context.Context, topic Topic) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) clearTopicFromConsumerChannelMap(topic Topic) error {
 	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Lock()
 	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Unlock()
 	if consumerCh, exist := sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[topic.Name]; exist {
 		for _, ch := range consumerCh.channels {
 			// Channel will be closed in the removeChannel method
-			removeChannel(ctx, consumerCh.channels, ch)
+			removeChannel(consumerCh.channels, ch)
 		}
-		err := closeConsumers(ctx, consumerCh.consumers)
+		err := closeConsumers(consumerCh.consumers)
 		//if err == sarama.ErrUnknownTopicOrPartition {
 		//	// Not an error
 		//	err = nil
@@ -815,12 +815,12 @@
 		delete(sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap, topic.Name)
 		return err
 	}
-	logger.Debugw(ctx, "topic-does-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	logger.Debugw("topic-does-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 	return nil
 }
 
 //createPublisher creates the publisher which is used to send a message onto kafka
-func (sc *SaramaClient) createPublisher(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createPublisher() error {
 	// This Creates the publisher
 	config := sarama.NewConfig()
 	config.Producer.Partitioner = sarama.NewRandomPartitioner
@@ -835,16 +835,16 @@
 	brokers := []string{sc.KafkaAddress}
 
 	if producer, err := sarama.NewAsyncProducer(brokers, config); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "error-starting-publisher", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		logger.Errorw("error-starting-publisher", log.Fields{"error": err})
 		return err
 	} else {
 		sc.producer = producer
 	}
-	logger.Info(ctx, "Kafka-publisher-created")
+	logger.Info("Kafka-publisher-created")
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) createConsumer(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createConsumer() error {
 	config := sarama.NewConfig()
 	config.Consumer.Return.Errors = true
 	config.Consumer.Fetch.Min = 1
@@ -855,17 +855,17 @@
 	brokers := []string{sc.KafkaAddress}
 
 	if consumer, err := sarama.NewConsumer(brokers, config); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "error-starting-consumers", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		logger.Errorw("error-starting-consumers", log.Fields{"error": err})
 		return err
 	} else {
 		sc.consumer = consumer
 	}
-	logger.Info(ctx, "Kafka-consumers-created")
+	logger.Info("Kafka-consumers-created")
 	return nil
 }
 
 // createGroupConsumer creates a consumers group
-func (sc *SaramaClient) createGroupConsumer(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, groupId string, initialOffset int64, retries int) (*scc.Consumer, error) {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createGroupConsumer(topic *Topic, groupId string, initialOffset int64, retries int) (*scc.Consumer, error) {
 	config := scc.NewConfig()
 	config.ClientID = uuid.New().String()
 	config.Group.Mode = scc.ConsumerModeMultiplex
@@ -883,10 +883,10 @@
 	var err error
 
 	if consumer, err = scc.NewConsumer(brokers, groupId, topics, config); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "create-group-consumers-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name, "groupId": groupId})
+		logger.Errorw("create-group-consumers-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name, "groupId": groupId})
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	logger.Debugw(ctx, "create-group-consumers-success", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name, "groupId": groupId})
+	logger.Debugw("create-group-consumers-success", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name, "groupId": groupId})
 
 	//sc.groupConsumers[topic.Name] = consumer
 	sc.addToGroupConsumers(topic.Name, consumer)
@@ -911,104 +911,104 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) consumeFromAPartition(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, consumer sarama.PartitionConsumer, consumerChnls *consumerChannels) {
-	logger.Debugw(ctx, "starting-partition-consumption-loop", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+func (sc *SaramaClient) consumeFromAPartition(topic *Topic, consumer sarama.PartitionConsumer, consumerChnls *consumerChannels) {
+	logger.Debugw("starting-partition-consumption-loop", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 startloop:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case err, ok := <-consumer.Errors():
 			if ok {
-				if sc.isLivenessError(ctx, err) {
-					sc.updateLiveness(ctx, false)
-					logger.Warnw(ctx, "partition-consumers-error", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				if sc.isLivenessError(err) {
+					sc.updateLiveness(false)
+					logger.Warnw("partition-consumers-error", log.Fields{"error": err})
 				}
 			} else {
 				// Channel is closed
 				break startloop
 			}
 		case msg, ok := <-consumer.Messages():
-			//logger.Debugw(ctx, "message-received", logger.Fields{"msg": msg, "receivedTopic": msg.Topic})
+			//logger.Debugw("message-received", logger.Fields{"msg": msg, "receivedTopic": msg.Topic})
 			if !ok {
 				// channel is closed
 				break startloop
 			}
 			msgBody := msg.Value
-			sc.updateLiveness(ctx, true)
-			logger.Debugw(ctx, "message-received", log.Fields{"timestamp": msg.Timestamp, "receivedTopic": msg.Topic})
+			sc.updateLiveness(true)
+			logger.Debugw("message-received", log.Fields{"timestamp": msg.Timestamp, "receivedTopic": msg.Topic})
 			icm := &ic.InterContainerMessage{}
 			if err := proto.Unmarshal(msgBody, icm); err != nil {
-				logger.Warnw(ctx, "partition-invalid-message", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				logger.Warnw("partition-invalid-message", log.Fields{"error": err})
 				continue
 			}
 			go sc.dispatchToConsumers(consumerChnls, icm)
 		case <-sc.doneCh:
-			logger.Infow(ctx, "partition-received-exit-signal", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+			logger.Infow("partition-received-exit-signal", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 			break startloop
 		}
 	}
-	logger.Infow(ctx, "partition-consumer-stopped", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
-	sc.setUnhealthy(ctx)
+	logger.Infow("partition-consumer-stopped", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	sc.setUnhealthy()
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) consumeGroupMessages(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, consumer *scc.Consumer, consumerChnls *consumerChannels) {
-	logger.Debugw(ctx, "starting-group-consumption-loop", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+func (sc *SaramaClient) consumeGroupMessages(topic *Topic, consumer *scc.Consumer, consumerChnls *consumerChannels) {
+	logger.Debugw("starting-group-consumption-loop", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 
 startloop:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case err, ok := <-consumer.Errors():
 			if ok {
-				if sc.isLivenessError(ctx, err) {
-					sc.updateLiveness(ctx, false)
+				if sc.isLivenessError(err) {
+					sc.updateLiveness(false)
 				}
-				logger.Warnw(ctx, "group-consumers-error", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name, "error": err})
+				logger.Warnw("group-consumers-error", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name, "error": err})
 			} else {
-				logger.Warnw(ctx, "group-consumers-closed-err", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+				logger.Warnw("group-consumers-closed-err", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 				// channel is closed
 				break startloop
 			}
 		case msg, ok := <-consumer.Messages():
 			if !ok {
-				logger.Warnw(ctx, "group-consumers-closed-msg", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+				logger.Warnw("group-consumers-closed-msg", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 				// Channel closed
 				break startloop
 			}
-			sc.updateLiveness(ctx, true)
-			logger.Debugw(ctx, "message-received", log.Fields{"timestamp": msg.Timestamp, "receivedTopic": msg.Topic})
+			sc.updateLiveness(true)
+			logger.Debugw("message-received", log.Fields{"timestamp": msg.Timestamp, "receivedTopic": msg.Topic})
 			msgBody := msg.Value
 			icm := &ic.InterContainerMessage{}
 			if err := proto.Unmarshal(msgBody, icm); err != nil {
-				logger.Warnw(ctx, "invalid-message", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				logger.Warnw("invalid-message", log.Fields{"error": err})
 				continue
 			}
 			go sc.dispatchToConsumers(consumerChnls, icm)
 			consumer.MarkOffset(msg, "")
 		case ntf := <-consumer.Notifications():
-			logger.Debugw(ctx, "group-received-notification", log.Fields{"notification": ntf})
+			logger.Debugw("group-received-notification", log.Fields{"notification": ntf})
 		case <-sc.doneCh:
-			logger.Infow(ctx, "group-received-exit-signal", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+			logger.Infow("group-received-exit-signal", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 			break startloop
 		}
 	}
-	logger.Infow(ctx, "group-consumer-stopped", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
-	sc.setUnhealthy(ctx)
+	logger.Infow("group-consumer-stopped", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	sc.setUnhealthy()
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) startConsumers(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic) error {
-	logger.Debugw(ctx, "starting-consumers", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+func (sc *SaramaClient) startConsumers(topic *Topic) error {
+	logger.Debugw("starting-consumers", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 	var consumerCh *consumerChannels
 	if consumerCh = sc.getConsumerChannel(topic); consumerCh == nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "consumers-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+		logger.Errorw("consumers-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 		return errors.New("consumers-not-exist")
 	}
 	// For each consumer listening for that topic, start a consumption loop
 	for _, consumer := range consumerCh.consumers {
 		if pConsumer, ok := consumer.(sarama.PartitionConsumer); ok {
-			go sc.consumeFromAPartition(ctx, topic, pConsumer, consumerCh)
+			go sc.consumeFromAPartition(topic, pConsumer, consumerCh)
 		} else if gConsumer, ok := consumer.(*scc.Consumer); ok {
-			go sc.consumeGroupMessages(ctx, topic, gConsumer, consumerCh)
+			go sc.consumeGroupMessages(topic, gConsumer, consumerCh)
 		} else {
-			logger.Errorw(ctx, "invalid-consumer", log.Fields{"topic": topic})
+			logger.Errorw("invalid-consumer", log.Fields{"topic": topic})
 			return errors.New("invalid-consumer")
 		}
 	}
@@ -1017,12 +1017,12 @@
 
 //// setupConsumerChannel creates a consumerChannels object for that topic and add it to the consumerChannels map
 //// for that topic.  It also starts the routine that listens for messages on that topic.
-func (sc *SaramaClient) setupPartitionConsumerChannel(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, initialOffset int64) (chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) setupPartitionConsumerChannel(topic *Topic, initialOffset int64) (chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
 	var pConsumers []sarama.PartitionConsumer
 	var err error
 
-	if pConsumers, err = sc.createPartitionConsumers(ctx, topic, initialOffset); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "creating-partition-consumers-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+	if pConsumers, err = sc.createPartitionConsumers(topic, initialOffset); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("creating-partition-consumers-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -1044,8 +1044,8 @@
 
 	//Start a consumers to listen on that specific topic
 	go func() {
-		if err := sc.startConsumers(ctx, topic); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw(ctx, "start-consumers-failed", log.Fields{
+		if err := sc.startConsumers(topic); err != nil {
+			logger.Errorw("start-consumers-failed", log.Fields{
 				"topic": topic,
 				"error": err})
 		}
@@ -1056,12 +1056,12 @@
 
 // setupConsumerChannel creates a consumerChannels object for that topic and add it to the consumerChannels map
 // for that topic.  It also starts the routine that listens for messages on that topic.
-func (sc *SaramaClient) setupGroupConsumerChannel(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, groupId string, initialOffset int64) (chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) setupGroupConsumerChannel(topic *Topic, groupId string, initialOffset int64) (chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
 	// TODO:  Replace this development partition consumers with a group consumers
 	var pConsumer *scc.Consumer
 	var err error
-	if pConsumer, err = sc.createGroupConsumer(ctx, topic, groupId, initialOffset, DefaultMaxRetries); err != nil {
-		logger.Errorw(ctx, "creating-partition-consumers-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+	if pConsumer, err = sc.createGroupConsumer(topic, groupId, initialOffset, DefaultMaxRetries); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw("creating-partition-consumers-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Create the consumers/channel structure and set the consumers and create a channel on that topic - for now
@@ -1077,8 +1077,8 @@
 
 	//Start a consumers to listen on that specific topic
 	go func() {
-		if err := sc.startConsumers(ctx, topic); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw(ctx, "start-consumers-failed", log.Fields{
+		if err := sc.startConsumers(topic); err != nil {
+			logger.Errorw("start-consumers-failed", log.Fields{
 				"topic": topic,
 				"error": err})
 		}
@@ -1087,11 +1087,11 @@
 	return consumerListeningChannel, nil
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) createPartitionConsumers(ctx context.Context, topic *Topic, initialOffset int64) ([]sarama.PartitionConsumer, error) {
-	logger.Debugw(ctx, "creating-partition-consumers", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createPartitionConsumers(topic *Topic, initialOffset int64) ([]sarama.PartitionConsumer, error) {
+	logger.Debugw("creating-partition-consumers", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
 	partitionList, err := sc.consumer.Partitions(topic.Name)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Warnw(ctx, "get-partition-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+		logger.Warnw("get-partition-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@
 	for _, partition := range partitionList {
 		var pConsumer sarama.PartitionConsumer
 		if pConsumer, err = sc.consumer.ConsumePartition(topic.Name, partition, initialOffset); err != nil {
-			logger.Warnw(ctx, "consumers-partition-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+			logger.Warnw("consumers-partition-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		pConsumers = append(pConsumers, pConsumer)
@@ -1107,14 +1107,14 @@
 	return pConsumers, nil
 }
 
-func removeChannel(ctx context.Context, channels []chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) []chan *ic.InterContainerMessage {
+func removeChannel(channels []chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) []chan *ic.InterContainerMessage {
 	var i int
 	var channel chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
 	for i, channel = range channels {
 		if channel == ch {
 			channels[len(channels)-1], channels[i] = channels[i], channels[len(channels)-1]
 			close(channel)
-			logger.Debug(ctx, "channel-closed")
+			logger.Debug("channel-closed")
 			return channels[:len(channels)-1]
 		}
 	}
@@ -1129,14 +1129,14 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func (sc *SaramaClient) deleteFromGroupConsumers(ctx context.Context, topic string) error {
+func (sc *SaramaClient) deleteFromGroupConsumers(topic string) error {
 	sc.lockOfGroupConsumers.Lock()
 	defer sc.lockOfGroupConsumers.Unlock()
 	if _, exist := sc.groupConsumers[topic]; exist {
 		consumer := sc.groupConsumers[topic]
 		delete(sc.groupConsumers, topic)
 		if err := consumer.Close(); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorw(ctx, "failure-closing-consumer", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			logger.Errorw("failure-closing-consumer", log.Fields{"error": err})
 			return err
 		}
 	}