The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has dismissed claims that there are plans to sell contaminated sugar to Kenyans.
In a notice dated July 31, 2025, the bureau affirmed to Kenyans that such allegations were malicious.
”KEBS would like to dispel these allegations and ascertain that both locally produced and imported sugar undergo mandatory and rigorous inspection, testing, and certification before release to the market,” the Bureau stated.
This follows allegations by the United Opposition, led by Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, that 25,000 tonnes of sugar unfit for human consumption were about to enter the Kenyan market.
Kalonzo Musyoka had claimed that the sugar, which had docked at the Port of Mombasa, was already on its way to Western Kenya to be repackaged and sold to Kenyans.
However, the KEBS has denied these allegations, assuring that no contaminated sugar had been cleared for release into the Kenyan market.
KEBS further guaranteed Kenyans that both locally produced and imported sugar undergo rigorous checks before they can be released to the market for human consumption.
