Kebs boss charged over contaminated brown sugar

Kebs managing director Bernard Njiraini (right) in court. He was charged alongside seven other suspects with conspiracy to steal the condemned brown sugar. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The release of contaminated sugar into the market has landed Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) managing director Bernard Njiraini in court.

Njiraini was charged alongside seven other suspects with conspiracy to steal the condemned brown sugar valued at Sh20 million which was intended to be used as raw material for distillation of industrial ethanol.