List of sugar manufacturers in Kenya

This is a list of sugar manufacturers in Kenya[1][2]

Government-owned sugar manufacturers

  1. Mumias Sugar Company[3]
  2. Nzoia Sugar Factory[4]
  3. South Nyanza Sugar Company[5]
  4. Muhoroni Sugar Company[6]
  5. Chemelil Sugar Factory[7]

Private sugar manufacturers

  1. West Kenya Sugar Company[8]
  2. Sony Sugar Company[9]
  3. Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries Limited[10]
  4. Butali Sugar Mills[11]
  5. Transmara Sugar Company[12]
  6. Sukari Industries Limited[13]
  7. Kwale International Sugar Company Limited[1]
  8. Kisii Sugar Factory[14]

Output and market share

As of December 2014, the output and market share of each manufacturer was as summarized in the table below:[15]

Annual Output & Market Share of Sugar Manufacturers in Kenya
Rank Name of ManufacturerOutput (Metric tonnes)Market Share (%)
1 Mumias Sugar Company
117,966[16]
19.93
2 West Kenya Sugar Limited
73,696[16]
12.45
3 Nzoia Sugar Factory
66,462[16]
11.23
4 South Nyanza Sugar Company
60,028[16]
10.14
5 Transmara Sugar Company
58,887[16]
9.95
6 Butali Sugar Mills
56,853[16]
9.60
7 Sukari Industries Limited
42,143[16]
7.12
8 Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries Limited
39,415[16]
6.66
9 Muhoroni Sugar Company
38,864[16]
6.56
10Chemelil Sugar Factory
37,720[16]
6.37
Total
592,034[16]
100.00%

In 2015, national sugar production totaled 632,000 metric tonnes, the highest production quantity Kenya has ever achieved, on an annual basis.[17]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Herbling, David (18 January 2015). "Kwale Sugar Miller Begins Tests Ahead of Factory Launch". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Mugwe, David (6 January 2013). "Siaya County Set for KSh800 Million (USD:9 Million) Sugar Factory". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Wachira, Charles (22 October 2014). "Mumias Sugar of Kenya Idles Milling Plant for Annual Maintenance". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Nalianya, John (1 July 2014). "Kenya: Cane Farmers Demand New Nzoia Sugar Board". The Star (Kenya) via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Githaiga, Hellen (12 June 2014). "Jane Odhiambo Takes Helm At Sony Sugar". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Hezron Ochiel, and Kassim Adinasi (6 June 2014). "Muhoroni Sugar Faces Closure Over Sh500 Million (USD6 Million) Debt". The Standard (Kenya). Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Alal, Maurice (9 May 2014). "Kenya: Chemelil Sugar Gets Sh120 Million Power Boost". The Star (Kenya) via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Njoroge, Kiarie (5 October 2014). "West Kenya Sugar Moves To Block Butali Operations". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Gibendi, Ramenya (28 July 2014). "Sharp Drop In Sugar Imports Fails To Stir Farmers And Millers". Daily Nation Mobile (Nairobi). Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Odera Omolo, Leo (26 January 2008). "Three Billion Shilling Kibos New Sugar Factory Has Began Trial Production Near Kisumu". African Press International. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Andae, Gerald (7 October 2014). "West Kenya Sugar And Butali Told To Co-Exist". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Nyarangi, Edwin (16 June 2014). "Kenya: Operations At Trans Mara Sugar Mill Resume Today". The Star (Kenya) via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  13. ↑ Otieno, Samuel (26 November 2011). "Sugar Millers Wage Price Wars for Cane". The Star. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Ombaki, Aggrey (3 March 2016). "Indian firm to build Sh5bn sugar complex in Kisii". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  15. ↑ Otieno, Dorothy (30 August 2015). "Does Uganda have a sugar surplus? What the numbers show". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 KSD (December 2014). "Smaller sugar companies hot on the heels of Mumias". Daily Nation Quoting Kenya Sugar Directorate (KSD). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  17. ↑ Andae, Gerald (18 July 2016). "Sugar barons to pocket Sh1.3bn in days after import nod". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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