MUMIAS SUGAR FAVOURS POLITICIAN NOT FARMER.

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Story By Joel Eshikumo- Chief Editor 

THE Bitter-sweet sugar wars are back with us once again, the usual noise from Mumias, the usual Miller cut fights and the foul cries. 
It's now clear that Mumias Sugar (Sarrai), having no bonding contract with cane farmers, has chosen to use politicians as a shield in the sugar wars. 
Senator Bonny Khalwale at the Company. Despite clear illegalities, he has remained advocating for Sarrai. 
Knowing very well that it will take long for the Mumias farmer to settle down and accept a cane supply agreement with them, Sarrai has decided to play dirty and rough. 

By roping in the usual politicians Senator Bonny Khalwale and Hon PK Salasya, Mumias is trading on dangerous ground to play the political card. 

As other miller's take advantage of the failures of MSC and direct their energies on empowering the common farmer and even extension of credit facility to growers, Sarrai is on short cuts, to him what matters is using the brand MUMIAS SUGAR as a catch phrase to make dirty cash. 
The sugar store full despite the Company not crashing any cane. 
As we reported elsewhere in this blog, Sarrai is importing thousands of sugar in metric tons, repackaging them in Mumias-labeled bags and packets and ships them to supermarkets thru distributors who can not afford to question. 
Little known to the consumer and to the detriment of the Mumias farmer, Sugar barons have now cashed in on the MUMIAS SUGAR label the truck is to take any substandard suga, label it as Mumias's, it turns into hot cakes

Government Agencies like Kenya Revenue Authority and Kenya Bureau of standards appear to be looking the other end as sugar crosses boarders from Mombasa and from Busia into Mumias and out as a finished product. 

It's clear that Sarrai, represented in Mumias by Engineer Kihumba is busy whipping up political emotions paying groupies of individuals to defend them against imaginary aggressors. 

While they pride themselves having planted several tracts of sugarcane in the Nuclealus Estate, Sarrai has decided to play dirty as they wait for the cane to mature ready for harvest and this could take upto mid next year. 

Elsewhere, millers like West Kenya, according to an Interview at a local radio station are investing in the farmer for posterity so that the idea of sugar shortage is eradicated. 

The miller's, according to top officials have stuck by the book and only harvest cane fields they took part in developing and have contractual obligation with the farmers. "We have cane upto Uasin gishu County, we can not poach in fact it's our cane that is stolen and we are thinking of enforcement of the contractual obligation with our farmers going forward" He said. 

As the wars continue, the farmer is slowly becoming free to choose where to supply his cane with prompt payment and credit facilities top on priority. 
ENDS.

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