CS Kagwe Denies Selling Sugar Factories, Says They Have Been Leased

The government has denied claims it had sold public sugar companies in the Western region to private investors.

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe told Parliament on Tuesday that those spreading information about the supposed sale of the firms had ill intentions, saying the leasing process was above board.

Kagwe, who appeared before the National Assembly Agriculture Committee amid uproar over leasing of the millers, said the government has only leased the firms and did this through a transparent process that received full parliamentary approval.

Further, Kagwe dismissed claims that the leasing process lacked transparency, insisting all stakeholders were involved from the beginning.