A Roadmap for a Competitive and Sustainable Sugar Industry
The Kenya Sugar Board has released its revised Strategic Plan for 2025–2027, setting out a clear and structured roadmap for transforming Kenya’s sugar industry into a competitive, sustainable, and inclusive sector.
Developed following the enactment of the Sugar Act 2024, the Plan re-establishes the Kenya Sugar Board as a commodity-specific regulator with a focused mandate to regulate, develop, and promote the sugar industry. It responds directly to long-standing challenges such as low farm productivity, inefficient milling operations, uncontrolled imports, climate risks, and weak governance structures.
At the core of the strategy is a vision of an inclusive facilitator of a globally competitive sugar industry that improves livelihoods across the value chain. The Plan outlines six strategic goals, including increasing sugarcane productivity, improving factory efficiency, strengthening regulation and compliance, promoting research and industry diversification, enhancing sustainability, and building a well-resourced and accountable Board.
Key targets include raising average national sugarcane yields to 85 tonnes per hectare, improving data-driven decision-making through digital platforms, strengthening farmer organisations, and positioning the sugar industry as a driver of value addition and clean energy generation through cogeneration. The strategy is aligned with Kenya Vision 2030, the Fourth Medium-Term Plan, the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, and global commitments such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
To support implementation, the Plan provides a detailed framework covering governance, risk management, resource mobilisation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting. With a total projected budget of KSh 23.74 billion, the strategy emphasises accountability, stakeholder collaboration, and measurable results over the 2025–2027 period.
For policymakers, industry players, farmers, investors, and development partners, this Strategic Plan serves as the authoritative reference point for the future direction of Kenya’s sugar industry.
Download the full Kenya Sugar Board Strategic Plan 2025–2027 to explore the goals, targets, and implementation framework in detail.