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Kenya: Prices of Local Sugar Brands Double
Nation, 27 June 2018
Sugar prices in western Kenya have shot up by Sh10 and Sh20 per kilo in the last two days. Read more »
Sugar Prices Double as Kenyan Govt Cracks Down
In Nyanza, retailers have pushed up the cost of Sony Sugar brands due to an increase in demand as most consumers avoid brands from factories linked to the controversial importation of sugar.
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Kenya: Sugar Shortage Hits Coast Region Amid Crackdown
Nation, 27 June 2018
Consumers in some parts of the Coast region are experiencing sugar shortage as shopkeepers avoid stocking the commodity over fear of arrest. Read more »
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Kenya: Over 300 Firms Licensed to Import Duty-Free Sugar
Nairobi News, 26 June 2018
Three hundred and seventy companies were licensed to import sugar when the country was experiencing a severe drought last year. Read more »
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Kenya: 17 Warehouses in Mombasa Closed in Crackdown on Contraband Sugar
Capital FM, 27 June 2018
17 warehouses in the coastal regions suspected to be holding contraband sugar have been closed. Read more »
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Kenya: President's Younger Brother Named in Contraband Sugar Probe
Nairobi News, 26 June 2018
President Uhuru Kenyatta's younger brother is among individuals who imported duty free brown sugar last year when the country was experiencing severe drought. Read more »
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Kenya: CS Fred Matiang'i Snubs MPs' Bad Sugar Probe, Again
Nation, 26 June 2018
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has, once again, skipped invitations to appear before a joint House committee investigating contraband sugar imports. Read more »
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Kenya: Things Go Sour in Nyeri as Sugar Disappears From Supermarkets
Capital FM, 26 June 2018
The ongoing sugar crisis in the country is now being felt in most outlets in Nyeri Town as most supermarkets remain without the commodity. Read more »
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Kenya: How Sugar Got Mercury and Lead - CS Kiunjuri
Nation, 25 June 2018
Parliamentary investigations into how dirty sugar entered Kenya got under way on Monday, with a Cabinet secretary putting the National Treasury at the centre of the scandal. Read more »
InFocus
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"The sugar industry is in Intensive Care Unit and fraudsters are switching off the oxygen. Sugar industries in Western Kenya have collapsed and millions of livelihoods destroyed," ... Read more »
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The Kenyan government has destroyed 400 tones of contraband sugar valued at U.S.$279,000 by dumping it into the Indian Ocean. Industrialisation secretary Adan Mohamed has warned ... Read more »
