Gov’t Announces Two Weeks Ultimatum to All Sugar Re-Packagers
The Kenya Sugar Board is cracking down hard on sugar repackaging firms, giving them a two week ultimatum to formally register with the regulator. This move is part of a bigger effort to enforce compliance and make the sector more accountable.
On Tuesday, Nov 4th, the board put out a public notice making it clear that the repackaging industry needs to get in line with quality and traceability requirements.
“We’re using the powers given to us under the Sugar Act, 2024, and the Sugar (General) Regulations, 2025 to tell all sugar repackaging companies that they need to register with us,” it says in the statement from the board
According to the board, registering will make it easier to track where sugar products come from, enforce sugar quality standards, and keep consumers safe.
Making it easy for everyone is the idea behind an online registration process for repackaging firms which have to apply through the Kenya Sugar Board’s IMIS portal at https://imis.ksb.go.ke. All they need to do is upload the right documents and they’re done. The deadline for all this is November 17th, 2025.
This move comes months after the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development introduced the Sugar Development Levy, starting on July 1st as a way to give the industry a boost.
The levy means that sugar millers have to pay 4% of the cost of locally made sugar and 4% of the CIF (cost, insurance and freight) value for imported sugar. The Kenya Revenue Authority has been brought in to collect the money for the Ministry.
The money collected – a whopping Ksh 4 billion a year – will be spent on various development areas including cane development (40%), rehabbing sugar mills (15%), building infrastructure in sugar growing areas (15%), and also on research and training at the Sugar Research Training Institute (15%). 10% will go towards the Kenya Sugar Board’s own administration costs and 5% will help out farmer associations
The message from officials is that both the new registration drive and the levy system are part of a bigger effort to make the sugar sector in Kenya more transparent, with better quality products and a more sustainable financial model.
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Gov’t Announces Two Weeks Ultimatum to All Sugar Re-Packagers