Sugar at a supermarket shelf. Photo/courtesy

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Kenyans have asked not to buy sugar retailing at more than Sh120 per kilogramme.

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett has said that both imported and locally produced sugar should not cost more than Sh5,500 per 50kg bag,.

“We are taking drastic measures, the millers in the country have reduced the price of 50 kilogramme bag of sugar to Sh5,500, and imported sugar is Sh5,200.

“Anybody selling sugar beyond Sh120 per kilogram should be resisted by the consumers and we are going to take drastic action,” said the CS.

Speaking to the press on Wednesday, Bett declined  to elaborate on the exact action traders would face if found selling sugar beyond the set price.