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Rai firms tighten grip on local sugar industry

Contraband sugar found hidden in warehouses in Eastleigh, Ruiru and Nairobi’s Industrial Area is withheld at CID headquarters on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.According to Interior CS Fred Matiangi, chemical analysis on some of the 1,030 sacks of the seized sweetener also revealed copper contamination. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Billionaire Jaswant Rai now controls the largest share of Kenya’s sugar output even as once powerful miller Mumias Sugar was left holding on to a tea-spoon size of the market.

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