Kenya puts up five sugar millers for 20-year lease
Industrial premises in a sugar factory. Most of Kenya’s public sugar factories are old and use dilapidated equipment as well as machinery due to insufficient maintenance, meaning most operate below their capacity. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
The Kenya government has started the process of leasing five public sugar factories to private companies that will run the millers for 20 years in a fresh revival plan.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Crops Development has put up Nzoia, South Nyanza (Sony), Chemelil, Muhoroni and Miwani sugar companies for the lease.
