Cultivating Shared Growth
At Sukari Industries, we believe a sugar company that only focuses on sugar is missing the bigger picture. Our commitment to our communities is not a corporate checkbox — it is a reflection of our core belief that our long-term resilience is inseparable from the wellbeing and prosperity of the people and places that surround us.
A partnership built on mutual growth
We don't just operate in these communities. We are part of them. Our investment strategy is built on deep partnership — we bring industrial expertise and market access; our communities bring local knowledge, social cohesion, and the determination to build a better future. Together, we create opportunities that neither could achieve alone.
The families of our 60,000 outgrower farmers, the children attending local schools, the patients at nearby health centres — they are all part of our story. Our goal is to ensure that industrial growth translates into tangible, lasting improvements in their daily lives.
How we invest in the communities around us
Education: Investing in Future Leaders
Since 2017, we have invested over Ksh 12.4 million to sponsor 63 students from Narok, Homa Bay, and Migori Counties — a commitment to walk with a student from secondary school through to university graduation.
Today we support 13 active university students pursuing Medicine, Engineering, Computer Science, Architecture, and other fields, alongside 28 students in secondary school. Our graduates are now teachers, administrators, and professionals returning to strengthen their communities.
Healthcare & Water: Building Healthy Communities
In early 2026, we completed three community boreholes at Otange Mixed Secondary School, Kaguria Mixed Secondary School, and Koga Primary School. Communities formed their own CBOs to manage the water points sustainably.
The impact: children no longer miss class to fetch water, schools maintain kitchen gardens, hundreds of neighbouring families have access to clean water, and at Otange the borehole serves both the school and the adjacent dispensary. We have also constructed a new maternity wing at Otange Dispensary.
Infrastructure: Connecting People to Opportunity
We invest in the rehabilitation of approximately 300 kilometres of rural roads every year. Good roads are vital arteries for our community — they connect farmers to markets, reduce transport costs for families, and ensure safer journeys to schools and health facilities.
Farmer Welfare and Economic Empowerment: Growing Together
Over the past nine years, more than Ksh 28 billion has been paid directly to farmers — investment capital that has built homes, educated children, and launched countless small businesses across four counties.
Through cess payments, we have also contributed over Ksh 280 million to county governments since commissioning — supporting public services, infrastructure, and development programmes that benefit citizens across the region.
"Education is the most powerful catalyst for long-term community transformation."
Sukari Industries — Community Investment Philosophy
Investing in the public good
Sukari Industries has contributed more than Ksh 280 million in cess payments to county governments since commissioning. These contributions support county revenue, enabling investment in public services, infrastructure, and development programmes that benefit citizens across the region.