^^^ It is feared that an influx of cheaper sugar from Comesa and the international market will greatly erode market shares of existing local millers and kill them.
“The average cost of production in Kenya still remains one of the highest in the world,” said Rosemary M’kok, the CEO of the Kenya Sugar Board.
“Factors such as declining cane yields, harvesting of immature cane, high cost of inputs and services has been the major drivers of high cost of production.”
She said on average, Kenya’s cost of sugar production stands at Sh82,650 per tonne compared to other regional markets like Malawi where the costs is as low as Sh30,450 per tonne.