State, cartels to blame for sugar woes

The woes of local sugar millers, small scale sugar farmers and consumers is no longer news in Kenya. Nearly every year, they face recurrent problems and this has been the case for decades. Yet the industry supports over nine million people across the country.

In spite of the fact that cane farmers, local sugar millers, the wholesalers and consumers do cite specific problems they face in the sector, such problems are somehow inter-connected.