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Consumers face fresh sugar price increases
Packets of sugar being sold at a discounted rate at a supermarket in Nyeri in this picture taken on June 9, 2021.
Photo credit: Joseph Kanyi | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya last week increased producers’ price of sugar cane from Sh3,833 per tonne to Sh4,112.
- This is the second time that the government has reviewed the price of sugar cane, coming as a boost to farmers.
Sugar prices are set for fresh increase in the coming days after the government raised the buying price for a tonne of sugar cane paid to farmers.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya last week increased producers’ price of sugar cane from Sh3,833 per tonne to Sh4,112, effective November 18, with millers expected to pass this cost to consumers.
