The story of sugar importation through Mombasa port and Coast

Tourism CS Najib Balala (second left) and Industrialisation’s Adan Mohammed (fourth left) dissolve Sh28 million contraband sugar at the Mombasa port last month. [File, Standard].

As the sugar craze hit the country this week, it was no news for the port city of Mombasa, which has been beset with myriad seizures, legal battles and destruction of the essential commodity.

In the last one year, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has destroyed huge consignments of contraband sugar and blocked many more from entering the Kenyan market over tax disputes.