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Rai to tighten market grip with new Sh5.2b sugar factory

Farmer transporting sugarcane in Muhoroni. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Sukari Industries Ltd, linked to Kenyan tycoon Jaswant Rai, is seeking a nod to set up a new Sh5.132 billion factory in Trans Mara, Narok County.

The company has asked the National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) to approve its proposed sugar mill with a potential for producing 3,000 tonnes of cane per day (TCD) expandable to 6,000 TCD.

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