This archive report was first published on 16 December 2019.
December 16, 2019
After a year and a half of closure, the Kwale International Sugar Company Limited (Kiscol) has finally resumed operations. The miller had been shut down by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) following an order to close the milling plant.
However, in a significant court victory, Justice Eric Ogola declined Kebs' argument to shut down the plant, paving the way for Kiscol to reopen.
According to David Ndirangu, chair of the Kiscol Outgrowers Society, the miller had spent substantial sums of money to upgrade its facilities and deploy modern agricultural technology.
"We had begun to lose hope, but following the court orders to reverse the closure decision, we are happy to report that operations to crush are on full steam," Ndirangu said.
The reopening of the mill is a welcome relief for the over 1,000 outgrower farmers who had been affected by the closure.
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