Kwale International Sugar Company Limited

spear · February 20, 2017, 9:17am

The future of Sugar production in Kenya is at the coast. It will produce more sugar to cut eliminate importation. The sugar at the coast only takes 9 months to mature unlike the 18 months in Western Kenya.

KISCOL is a privately owned sugar manufacturer. It is one of the seven privately owned sugar manufacturers in the country. It is expected to start full commercial production in February 2015. The factory has been constructed between 2007 and 2015 at an estimated cost of US$200 million (KES17.8 billion).[3] In addition to crushing 3,000 tonnes of sugar cane daily, the complex will also co-generate 18 Megawatts of thermal electricity and produce 50,000 liters of ethanol per day.[4]

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Kwale International Sugar Company Limited is a privately owned company. The table below illustrates the ownership structure of the company.[4]

KISCOL Stock Ownership
Rank Name of Owner Percentage Ownership
1 Omnicane of Mauritius 25.0
2 Pabari Investments Limited of Kenya 75.0
Total [B]100.00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwale_International_Sugar_Company_Limited

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inzhener_otmetka · February 20, 2017, 11:06am

Unless our brothers from Western and Nyanza change from growing sugarcane to something else like dairy farming, they will not be competitive and will see their fortunes nosedive.
Coast region is where +254 should put major emphasis as far as sugar production is concerned.
And funny, nobody is prepared for these disruptive and life changing consequences. Least of all the leaders from the “old” sugar belt.

Fala_12 · February 20, 2017, 11:27am

its not like the areas in western are not productive, problem is management of farmer affairs. the private millers in the western region are also making very positive strides in the sector

Jimit · February 20, 2017, 11:51am

hapa siwezi kosa works

spear · February 20, 2017, 1:46pm

True western land are very fertile and could grow other crops more profitably than sugarcane. The mismanagement, fraud and corruption of mills is also a major undoing. However in the long term growing sugarcane using rainfall isnt competitive globally. Regionally Sudan and Mauritius produce 5 times more sugar at a fraction of the costs here in Kenya. They mass produce it in coastal irrigation schemes where they can harvest in 7 months. That’s means even with high importation taxes they are still much cheaper. In every ASK show in the region since 2008 it has been demonstrated to western and North Rift farmers that if you have less than 10 acres quit sugar or maize farming. Do rotational farming of beans, vegetables, fruits, sunflower and groundnuts. You will harvest severally every month and your income can increase a minimum of X5 to a max of X10. The land will not need fertilizers but constant work to harvest every month. Maize and Sugarcane should be grow large scale on irrigation schemes to really keep their prices cheap and adequate for citizens.