While consumers enjoyed some relief from high prices, the new taxes are expected to reverse some of these gains.

While Kenya produces around 800,000 tonnes of sugar annually, national demand is estimated to be about one million tonnes, leaving a shortfall of 200,...

The new tax, introduced through the recently signed Tax Laws Amendment Act, 2024, raises the excise duty on imported sugar to 7.5 per cent, up from th...

Once enacted, sugar cane will no longer be classified as a scheduled crop under the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA).

Interior PS Omollo instructed border management committee chairpersons across 27 regions to enforce the new directive.

Official figures indicate that local sugar production surged by 123.4 per cent in the six months to June 2024, reaching 384,552 tonnes.