The gate at Mumias Sugar Company. [PHOTO/standardmedia.co.ke]
Mumias Sugar Company is at the brink of being sold to a private investor by the Jubilee government.
This is according to Navakholo MP Emmanuel Wangwe.
According to Wangwe, top State officials were pushing to list the company under receivership so the plans could materialise.
"The investor is a partner of some leaders in the Jubilee government. They want the company to collapse so they can take it over as a private company," he said.
"Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya lied to us when he said he supported Mumias. The Sh200 million allocated to the company ended up in the pockets of individuals and never reached the company."
Wangwe said "business scavengers" had been spotted at the county government offices pushing leaders to put the company under receivership.
"Some investors of Asian origin have been seen at the county government with the aim of buying the miller. They are pushing hard to have the company but they should know it belongs to the community," said Wangwe.
The same sentiments were shared by Senator Khalwale.
"Mumias Sugar Company is a victim of specific people and forces in the Government who want to buy the company. They are pushing hard to have the company sold. They want to buy it cheaply by arguing that it is not viable, just as they did with Webuye Pan Paper," said Kakamega senator Boni Khalwale as reported by the Standaard.
Khalwale linked the plan to a section of investors in the sugar industry who wanted to create a monopoly in the region.