Shock As A Kilo Of Sugar Spikes By Ksh 100, Kitawaramba

Two days ago, there was news that Mumias Sugar Company had shut down operations. The news indicated that the miller was unable to procure farmers. The farmers had refused to sell sugarcane to the company because of the previously piled debts.

A day after Mumias Sugar Company shut down operations, the price of sugar rose like never before in the history of things rising in Kenya. A kilogram of sugar rose by 100 shillings overnight, a day after President William Ruto promised to make life easy.

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Currently, a 1-kilogram packet of sugar is retailing between 200 and 230 shillings across the country. A 2-kilogram packet is now at an all-time high of 420 shillings in most supermarket outlets, a move that will hit hard on most Kenyan households.

Some supermarkets have also started restricting Kenyans from taking more than two packets of sugar due to a “massive shortage being witnessed across the country.” How did the shortage of sugar just happen overnight without anybody noticing?

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The fact that both the Cabinet Secretary for Trade and that of Agriculture are mute, or perhaps equally shocked like the rest of us is more saddening. Have cartels created an artificial shortage so that Kenyans can pay as they make millions overnight?

What about Unga, is the price Ksh 170?

In which supermarket? Contrary to allegations from President William Ruto and his government officials that the price of a 2-kilogram packet of unga was at 170 shillings, the actual price has remained between 210 and 250 shillings.

Where is the government fetching their prices from? Why should the government sing about the prices when it is us buying and knowing the actual prices?

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