Cash-strapped sugar millers turn to sanitisers to shore up revenues

Sugarcane farmers in Muhoroni transporting cane to milling industry after harvest. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Sugarcane millers are taking advantage of the demand for hand sanitisers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic to diversify their revenue streams.

Kenya Sugar Millers Association (Kesma) Chairman Jayanti Patel said the demand for sugar products, such as molasses, to make sanitisers had increased.