The Death of the Sugar Sector....What is ailing the Sugar Industry?
The quote “Do not ask what your nation will do for you instead ask yourself what you can do for your nation” is often quoted but never given in complete perspective, What can a government do for her people before she asks the same from her citizens? Currently, the Kenyan government is negotiating for another 10 year extension window for the importation of sugar and sugar products from the COMESA region. This could be good for Kenyan economy for it also allows the exchange of other Kenyan products into the same market but this bilateral agreement has killed a potential Kenyan agricultural sector; The sugar industry. Well, it is not a lost fact that the sugar sector has been in the doldrums and has envisaged lip-service more than real development policies. The sugar industry players for a good period cumulatively presided over the death of sugar factories like Ramisi and Miwani and the few actively remaining factories like Mumias, SONY, Chemelil, and Nzoia have be...