Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Investment and Industry, Lee Kinyanjui, has warned that a severe shortage of sugarcane threatens to shut down multiple sugar mills across the country. He urged farmers and county governments to increase sugarcane production to stabilize the supply for industrial and conventional sugar processing.

• Kinyanjui stated that the sugar shortage is affecting industrial production, including for pharmaceuticals, food, and alcohol industries, and the government is considering importing raw sugar to bridge the gap.
• The Kibos Sugar and Allied Companies, which can handle up to 150,000 tons of industrial sugar annually, is significantly impacted by the lack of raw cane.
• Kinyanjui also addressed concerns about the quality of locally produced packaging paper and the encroachment of real estate into agricultural lands, advocating for vertical development through affordable housing to preserve farmlands.