Kwale Sugar products to hit shelves from October

Kiscol plant [PHOTO: PHILIP MWAKIO]

KWALE COUNTY: Kenya’s newest and modern sugarcane milling plant, Kwale International Sugar Company (Kiscol) based in Kwale County is due for commissioning on October 1. The sugar miller’s management told Weekend Business that the plant currently nearing completion will have an installed capacity to crush 3,500 tonnes of cane per day (TCD). This will eventually be increased to 5,000 TCD.

The Sh17.4 billion Kiscol sugar processing facility being built from the ground up incorporates 5,500 hectares of cultivated cane, 18 megawatt bagasse-fired power plant and an irrigation and water management system.