The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has emphatically denied allegations of plans to distribute contaminated sugar in the Kenyan market, assuring the public of rigorous testing procedures. This follows claims by Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka regarding 25,000 tonnes of unfit sugar.

• KEBS states that all sugar, local or imported, undergoes mandatory and rigorous inspection before market release.
• Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also addressed criticism regarding the importation of 500,000 metric tonnes of Grade 1 white milled rice, citing a persistent shortfall in local production.
• CS Kagwe assured rice farmers that imported rice would not negatively impact local produce sales, noting that Kenya imports approximately 700,000 metric tonnes of rice annually and only produces about 20 percent of its national consumption.