PREMIUM MPs order probe into 27,000-tonne raw sugar consignment Law makers want imported raw sugar at the Port of Mombasa verified. News Just now Listen

The National Assembly Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has also directed the samples of the raw sugar held at the Port of Mombasa, Nairobi Freight Terminus (NFT) Autoport, and Mombasa Sugar Refinery Limited (MSRL) factory be collected for testing by an independent laboratory to ascertain the type of sugar that was imported.“The committee recommends that the State Department for Industry establishes whether Mombasa Sugar Refinery Limited (MSRL) has the capacity to refine the 27,000 MT of the raw sugar and report to the committee within seven days of adoption of this report by the National Assembly,” Mr Shinali said.

Regular surveillance checks “For the meetings and inspection s, the committee established that the raw sugar was imported by Wilmar Sugar Pte Limited on behalf of Mombasa Sugar Refinery Limited, raw sugar is not listed as one of the sugar imports in Form 3 and Form 4 in the Schedule to the Sugar (Imports and Exports) Regulations, No 168 of 2025, the raw sugar is stored is stored in three locations: Port of Mombasa (shed 7 and 8), the Nairobi Freight Terminus (NFT) Autoport and Mombasa Sugar Refinery Limited.