Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has said her administration will not tolerate businessmen trading in contraband sugar in the county.
Speaking after over 2,000 bags of contraband sugar were nabbed in Machakos County on Sunday, Ngilu said her government was committed to protecting the residents' constitutional rights.
Ngilu ordered for the immediate closure of all warehouses dealing in sugar in Kitui County.
“This is the same sugar that Interior CS Fred Matiang'i ordered impounded in Nairobi. If any trader thinks he can cut corners and dump the sugar in Kitui, he mistaken," Ngilu said.
On Sunday, Kitui Central OCPD Muthuri Mwongera said the proprietor of Mt Kenya Wholesalers has been arrested over the links to the contraband sugar.
Mwongera said investigations were underway to arrest those behind the contraband sugar trade in different parts of the country.
“Investigations have established that duty was not paid. The sugar is similar to the consignment seized in Nairobi, which contained poison but we will ascertain that after getting results from the Government Chemist,” Mwongera said.