Mumias to resume operations on MondayMumias Sugar (PHOTO: FILE)Production of ethanol at Mumias Sugar Company in receivership is expected to resume on Monday.This after the Kenya Power Limited Company (KPLC) reconnected power supply to the factory.The company management has now marked January 20, as the date of resuming operations that would include ethanol production before the resumption of sugar production later in the year. On Thursday the company management led by Francis Wabuke (acting general manager) toured the ethanol distiller unit at the factory in a routine checkup. The miller was placed under receivership by the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and Ponangipalli Venketa Ramana Rao appointed as the receiver-manager. “The miller is set to start ethanol production by January 20, as we have finished up all the maintenance and procured enough bagasse and molasses,” said Wabuke. “We have seen a team from Kenya Power who came over and inspected power transformers before reconnecting its electricity supply,” said Wabuke.

Source: Standard Digital January 16, 2020 11:37 UTC