If you visit your nearest supermarket, you will be pleased to spot Mumias Sugar back on shelves.
The popular local brand of sugar is back on shelves after a ten year break. The sugar started hitting the shelves over the weekend and was first available at all Naivas Supermarkets.
The two kilogram packet of Mumias Sugar is retailing at Sh. 289 which is cheaper than what the Sh. 312 that other brands are selling at.
Mumias is currently being operated by Sarrai Group which is led by Sarbi Singh Rai. Sarbi is the brother of Jaswant Rai who leads rival sugar milling company Kabras Sugar.
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Mumias Sugar Company currently has a capacity to process 8,000 tonnes of sugarcane a day and a cane-growing nucleus of 4,000 hectares. This makes the miller the largest in the country.
Mumias was in September 2019 placed under receivership by KCB Group to protect its assets and maintain its operations. In the same year, it sent home over 900 employees.
Mumias owes Proparco Sh. 1.84 billion secured using the electricity generation plant, Ecobank Sh. 1.77 billion on the ethanol plant.
Mumias is also said to owe the National Treasury billions. It also owes commercial banks NCBA and Stanbic Bank a substantial amount of money.
