Illicit sugar from Uganda too sweet for rogue traders

Mumias Sugar Company Security officer in charge of Counterfeit Osborn Amunga (right in green T-shirt) inspects the incarnation and destruction of 278 bags of counterfeit Sugar that was packed in illegal Mumias Sugar Company bags at a Changamwe Go-down in Mombasa County on Monday May 4, 2015. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has recovered Sh20 million in taxes from people dealing in illegal sugar imports across the porous Kenya-Uganda border.

The taxman now fears that Kenya could be losing unknown amounts in revenues because of the trade that is rampant on the porous Kenya-Uganda border.