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Probe sugar importation scandal, demand farmers
Kenya Sugarcane Growers Association secretary-general Richard Ogendo addresses journalists in Kisumu in February.
Photo credit: File| Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- The government had approved the importation of 57,473 metric tonnes of sugar aimed at covering the deficit of the sweetener.
- The farmers are now demanding to know why the government cleared 10 companies owned by the same people.
A Kisumu MP and sugarcane growers now want investigative agencies to move swiftly and probe circumstances under which companies registered a few months ago were allowed to import sugar without following the due process.
Muhoroni lawmaker Onyango K’Oyoo and Kenya Sugar Cane Growers Association secretary-general Richard Ogendo want the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to establish why six out of 10 companies were cleared to import sugar without providing three-year audited statements of accounts and Kenya Revenue Authority tax clearance certificates.
