Doubts linger on reforms as Kenya gets new sugar import safeguards

Trucks of sugar at the Mombasa port. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A joint committee comprising officials from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) will oversee implementation of the recent extension on sugar imports safeguards and determine at the end of two years whether to renew it.

This is a departure from the normal practice where Kenya, through the Ministry of Trade, had to negotiate for the safety nets that limit the quantity of sugar that member states are allowed to export to Kenya.

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