LUGARI MP Ayub Savula has asked the government to seek an extension of the implementation of the Single Custom Protocol among the East African Community states to safeguard the sugar industry. Savula said the effects of the SCP are already being felt in Kenya as prices of the locally manufactured sugar is dropping. He said the price of sugar has dropped from Sh4,500 per 50kg bag last week to Sh4,300 this week due to the saturation of the local markets with imported sugar. “Sugar is being imported into the country from Brazil under the pretext it is destined for Uganda, but it is repacked and...
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