@VVs,
You could be right on the margins.WK has no cane fields and encourage farmers to do their thing and only buy cane at their gates.They are saved a lot of logistics and expenses.....That's why i warned Mukiha that he might be buying sugar from poached cane.......The biggest threat to the survival of WK though is the upcoming Butali Sugar just a couple of miles down the road.
@GG,
Spot on.Chrystal clear sugar has very low nutrients.You can't sell that stuff to any European country....and hey,most sugar companies are moving ahead with sugar fortification which i am made to understand might be made mandatory by the government in the near future.To this end,Sony Sugar and Mumias are ahead of the pack.
@Guru,
MSC may have the money to buy any plant in Kenya.The process of privatization though,is by competitive bidding.I think the biggest threat comes not from within but from multinationals such as Illovo SA and ISGEC India....ISGEC is another Bharti and yes,they are already in the country in the form of Kibos Sugar.
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