Kenya: Sugar Distributors Sue State Over Sh173.6mn Debt

Nairobi — Six sugar distributors and other businesses have sued the State over Sh173.58 million they say they are owed by South Nyanza, Chemelil and Muhoroni sugar companies after the mills were leased to private operators.

The petition, filed at the High Court in Nairobi in August 2026, challenges the treatment of the creditors’ claims during the 30-year leasing of the three state-owned sugar companies.

The businesses want the court to declare that they have enforceable property interests in…