Chemelil Sugar Company. [Photo/BusinessDaily]
Chemelil Sugar Company wants the government inject in an additional Sh500 million for maintenance.
According to Managing Director Gabriel Nyangweso, the company’s crushing capacity has largely been hampered due to worn out machines.
“The last time we managed to conduct a comprehensive maintenance was in 2013 when we used half a billion,” he said .
He added that a properly maintained factory should be able to operate for at least 300 days in a year.
“We partially resumed operations on September 22 this year and only crush 2,500 tonnes a day, against the expected output of 3,000 tonnes.”
He was speaking at his office on Thursday after receiving a Sh300 million bailout cheque from the national government to pay farmers’ arrears accrued between 2014 and June 2017.