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Sh4m contraband sugar impounded in cement processing warehouse in Nairobi

Officers from Kenya Anti-counterfeit Agency seize over 600 bags of counterfeit sugar bearing Mumias Sugar Trademarkat at Almak Chemicals Limited, a company mostly involved in the production of Cement in Nairobi yesterday Friday November 27 2015 [PHOTO/DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD]

More than 600 bags of illegally imported sugar have been impounded in a cement processing warehouse along Mombasa Road in Nairobi.

The sugar worth Sh4 million had been repackaged by Elmak Chemicals Limited in Butali and Mumias Sugar packages, mimicking the country’s two leading brands.

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