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State opens window for sugar barons to import 100,200 metric tonnes
The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development Mithika Linturi (Right) and Principal Secretary Livestock Development Jonathan Mueke before the Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture at Parliament Buildings Nairobi on August 1, 2023. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG
The State has locked out public and private sugar millers from importing sugar in what is likely to hand well-connected sugar barons a new window to mint billions.
The Ministry of Agriculture says private businessmen will be allowed to bring in 100,200 metric tonnes of sugar during the four-month importation window.
