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Govt orders lab tests on all sugar stocks on sale at traders' cost

A policeman guards as workers load 252 bags of suspected contraband sugar onto a truck in Eldoret Town, June 18, 2018. FILE PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMD

By  JAMES KARIUKI

The government has directed wholesalers, supermarkets and retail shops to undertake laboratory analysis of all their sugar consignments.

The analysis, which the traders will have to undertake at their own costs, raises the possibility of an increase in the consumer prices of sugar.

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