Will Kenya seek Comesa protection of its sugar, again?

Contraband Brazilian sugar is destroyed in Mombasa, to protect Kenyan sugarcane farmers and millers. PHOTO FILE | NATION

Kenya could be forced to seek another extension of the Comesa safeguard measures to protect its sugar industry after it emerged that its production would remain flat due to poor performance by state-owned sugar millers.

The EastAfrican has learnt that Nairobi is struggling to fulfil key conditions required to deal with competition against duty-free sugar imports from the 19-member Comesa.