Why politics and sugar have always produced a toxic mix

Sugar farmers protest after the closure of a sugar firm in Kwale. The storm in the sector has been building for more than five decades. [File, Standard]

Reports about daylight bribery in Parliament to shoot down a report on irregular sugar importation did not come as a surprise.

Kiambu Woman Rep Gathoni wa Muchomba told Parliament that some legislators accepted between Sh10,000 and Sh30,000 in bribes dished out in toilet blocks to shoot down a damning report on the sugar imports.