The government of Kenya has announced the opening of a special import window to allow the entry of raw sugar imports into the country in a move to address a critical shortage that has crippled the sugar industry.
Speaking on Thursday, August 28, while visiting the Kibos and Allied Industries in Kisumu on Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui revealed that currently, the country is facing a 400,000 metric tonne deficit that can only be met by allowing imports. "We don't have enough raw sugar to process industrial sugar.
As a result, we have to import because factories such as this one in Kibos, which cost more than Ksh2 billion to set up, have not worked since 2016," the CS said.
According to Kinyanjui, it is important that Kenya meets these demands since raw sugar is an important aspect in different industries in the country, and its shortage affects many businesses.
