A sugar crisis in Uganda is heavily impacting on Kenyan
traders and consumers who may be forced to dig dipper into their pockets to
acquire the product.
Ugandan media reported that a drop in sugar
production in the country, due to drought, had resulted in a price increase of
about 40 per cent.
The prices increased from USh3,500 (about Sh100) a
kilogramme to USh5,000 (about Sh170), a rise they also attributed to hoarding
by traders.
Kenyans mostly likely to be affected by the rise are those
living along the border counties of Bungoma, Busia, Migori and Siaya.
Most retail shops along the Kenya-Uganda border rely on
cheap sugar imports from Uganda.
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