A customer sampling sugar at the supermarket. Photo/nation.co.ke
It has now emerged that customers visiting certain supermarkets have been restricted to buying only two kilos.
According to the Sugar Directorate, the volume of the commodity held by millers was 5,000 tonnes as at Sunday compared with the last week of March when the stocks stood at 7,000.
It stated that the stocks have been fluctuating since last month.
Head of the directorate Solomon Odera has affirmed that there is no cause for alarm.
He added that the closure of Mumias Sugar Company has also contributed to the fluctuation.
“Stocks have been fluctuating since last month but this is a normal occurrence in the industry and there is nothing to worry about given that the prices have remained at the same range,” Mr Odera is quoted by Nation.
The factory price of the commodity is still ranging between Sh5,600 and Sh5,900, per tonne maintaining the same trend as last month.