Nairobi, March 4 -- Retail sugar prices posted their biggest month-on-month drop in nearly two years in February in the wake of the government's decision to lift long-standing import safeguards, opening the market to cheaper supplies from the regional trading bloc.

Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show that the average price of sugar fell 4.37 percent to Sh166.56 per kilogramme in February from Sh174.17 in January.

This marked the steepest monthly decline in 22 months since an 8.31 percent fall to Sh173.70 in April 2024.

The drop in the average cost of the sweetener last month extended a string of declines that began late last year, pushing the price to the lowest levels in 11 months since Sh166.08 in March 2025.

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