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Mumias Sugar

Logo: mumias-sugar.com3

Kenyan sugar manufacturer

Mumias Sugar Company Limited is a sugar manufacturing company in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. It is the largest sugar manufacturer in Kenya, producing about 250,000 metric tonnes (42%) of the estimated 600,000 metric tonnes annual national output.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Mumias Sugar Company Limited is a sugar manufacturing company in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. It is the largest sugar manufacturer in Kenya, producing about 250,000 metric tonnes (42%) of the estimated 600,000 metric tonnes annual national output.2

The story

The company was founded in 1971, with the following shareholding profile: (a) Government of Kenya (71% shareholding) (b) Commonwealth Development Corporation of the United Kingdom (17% shareholding) (c) Kenya Commercial Finance Company (5% shareholding) (d) Booker McConnel (4% shareholding) and (e) East African Development Bank (3% shareholding). The maximum quantity of sugar produced by the company was in 2005, when output amounted to 269,184 metric tonnes.

From Wikipedia’s article on Mumias Sugar Company Limited, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • sugar

Listed on Wikidata.1

The company maintains its headquarters in the town of Mumias, in Kakamega County, Western Province of Kenya, near the sugar plantations and factories of the company. Mumias lies approximately 395 kilometres (245 mi), by road, northwest of Nairobi. The company maintains an operations center in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and the largest city in that country.

From Wikipedia’s article on Mumias Sugar Company Limited, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1971Founded Founded1

Sources

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