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Cane farmers oppose proposals to exempt manufacturers, importers from 4% levy

Sacco ReviewNovember 27, 202505 mins

Sugar cane farmers in the country have vehemently opposed proposals to exempt exporters and manufacturers importing white refined industrial sugar from paying the four per cent Sugar Development Levy. Sugar Campaign for Change (Sucam), coordinator Michael Arum said in a statement that farmers described the proposal by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) as “misguided, legally unfounded,…

Kenya Sugar Board unveils new guidelines to boost sugar industry production and efficiency

Sacco ReviewDecember 5, 202404 mins

The Kenya Sugar Board has launched guidelines which will be used by farmers and other industry players moving forward. The document known as Kenya Sugar Industry Growers Guide enumerates how farmers will go about their activities in order to ramp up production. It comes barley a month after President William Ruto assented the Sugar Bill…