Mumias Sugar steps up regional molasses imports on biting cane shortage

Mumias Sugar Company operates an ethanol plant with the capacity to produce 120,000 litres every day. PHOTO | FILE

Mumias Sugar Company has stepped up regional importation of molasses as shortage of cane continues to hamper production of ethanol at its factory.

The sugar miller has been importing molasses — the raw material used in ethanol production — from Uganda for over eight months now but, has now extended this to Tanzania with the first shipment of 600 tonnes expected to arrive this month through Lake Victoria.

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