One year not enough to fix sugar industry

This may sound harsh, but despite getting a one year extension from Comesa on sugar exports to the country, Kenya did not deserve it and here is why. The 2004-2009 strategic plan for the industry envisioned laying the foundations for a turnaround for the industry to make it competitive.

Instead the Government has allowed the fragmentation of the industry by licensing more millers and creating a battle for the raw material used in making sugar. Five years later, Kenya’s sugar sector is still reeling under the myriad ills that made it unable to compete against imports from Comesa.