Uganda sugar barons want full access to Kenya market In what could compound local sugar millers’ problems, Uganda barons are demanding full access to the Kenya market — based on the East African Community’s free market rule. “… Sugar from other countries in SADC and Comesa — which are not…

President Uhuru Kenyatta to open investment forum Kenya is set to host its first two-day investment conference in Nairobi this week as the State intensifies its efforts to woo foreign investors. About 2,000 potential investors from over 100 countries are expected to attend the event at the Kenyatta International Convention…

Gov’t To Allow Sugar Importation To End Shortage Speaking during a prayers’ day for standard eight KCPE candidates at Kapsabet highlands school in Nandi County, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei said that the sugar shortage was caused by the closing down of Mumias Sugar Company and West Kenya sugar factories for maintenance.

Services paralyzed as workers’ protest spread The protest by City Council of Nairobi workers over delays in effecting a salary increment negotiated two years ago spread to other local authorities Monday, paralysing services. City Hall workers downed their tools last Thursday, abandoning vital services like…

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The Agriculture PS blames the shortage on shut-down and repair of some sugar companies such as Sony Sugar and Chemelil. But there's more, there's always more.