A task force formed three months ago by Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya to look into the woes of the Mumias Sugar Company is expected to hand over its report today.
Set to be included in the conclusion is names of 15-20 persons, including top managers, accused of looting the factory's coffers to enrich themselves, leading to its collapse.
Once handed to the governor, the names will be forwarded to the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) for further investigations, before being prosecuted.
According to a member of the task force who spoke to the Standard, the list includes the name of one manager who used the company's proceeds to buy shares from it.
He added that others are accused of selling the factory's assets off as scrap metal, as others looted the money and kept it for themselves.
"We have the managers who went on a looting spree by selling the company assets in form of scrap metals, while others bought shares of the company using the profits the miller was making and later took money belonging to the collapsed Mumias Sugar Out growers Company and announced it as profits for the miller," the member said.
The 13 member team also recommends the payment of Sh20 billion it owes in debt to cane farmers, workers and persons deployed to deliver the raw material.
It suggests that the factory be back in full operations within 2 years after the implementation of the report starts.
“We have recommended that the nucleus that is owned by Mumias Sugar be reclaimed and have cane species that mature faster planted,” said the source.
This comes after numerous attempts by the government to revive the factory, which has seen some of the farmers who supplied it with cane uproot the crop to venture into other things.