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Importers defy ban by flooding market with illegal sugar

Supermarket attendant arranging sugar in Migori Town on May 3, 2019 (Photo: Caleb Kingwara)

Unscrupulous businesses are having a field day bringing in huge amounts of sugar into the country illegally. The smuggling ring is also exposing Kenyans to substandard products and further weakening the ailing local sugar industry.

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