If run at full capacity, our troubled sugar sector can produce enough sugar to meet local demand. However, many sugar millers operate obsolete technology and can barely achieve 70 per cent crushing capacity. PrivatisationSo why the accelerated plans to lease Mumias and other State-owned millers to private investors for 25 years? Like our airline, the sugar sector is of strategic importance. Those pushing for the hurried leasing of sugar mills are most likely motivated by the prospect of being at the table when the thousands of acres of land owned by these companies are eventually shared out.

Source: Daily Nation August 24, 2020 20:37 UTC