Kenya Sugar Manufacturers Association (KESMA) has written to Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya and Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya seeking to have the ban on sugarcane imports lifted. KESMA says that, one of their millers, Busia Sugar Industries is currently challenged by low supply of sugarcane. KEMSA says that the situation of low sugarcane supply is as a result of low uptake of sugarcane farming in the Busia Region. In July, CS Munya banned importation of brown sugar to tighten the measures on illegal sugar imports in order to close the loopholes. “I have also directed the Kenya Sugar Directorate to ensure that all these orders are complied with and implemented with immediate effect,” he said.

Source: Standard Digital August 05, 2020 09:56 UTC