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40 sugar importers issued with permits, regulator reveals

The Government has licensed 40 sugar importers, Sugar Directorate chief executive Andrew Osodo has disclosed.

The regulator, formerly known as the Kenya Sugar Board, had suspended the issuance of the import licences in January this year to check against excess supply of the commodity from the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa).

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