Uganda's Sarrai Group wins Mumias Sugar 20-year lease

Entrance gate at Mumias sugar company. PHOTO | ISAAC WALE | NMG

Assets of the ailing Mumias Sugar Company have been leased to Uganda-based conglomerate Sarrai Group, the miller’s receiver-manager Pongangipalli Venkata Ramana Rao has disclosed.

The 20-year lease, however, excludes assets in the firm’s ethanol and cogen plants, which recently were seized by Pan-African lender Ecobank and French development financier Proparco from KCB Group.