Will Ugandan sugar mogul finally breathe life into ailing Mumias?

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

Uganda-based conglomerate Sarrai Group has been tapped to run Kenya’s biggest but ailing sugar miller in what now puts sugar production in the two countries in the hands of the Rai family.

Sarrai Group secured a 20-year lease for assets of Mumias Sugar Company and consequently the mandate to revive the collapsed miller, having emerged winner of the bidding that lasted over four months.