COMESA Sugar Safeguards thread : What Just Changed & Why It Matters to YOU For 24 years, Kenya protected its sugar industry from cheap imports using COMESA sugar safeguards. These have now ended, and here’s what it means in simple terms 👉 Consumers (YOU buying sugar): 1) More sugar imports from COMESA countries. 2) Prices likely to drop or stabilize .3 Fewer shortages in shops...Farmers (sugarcane growers):Cheaper imported sugar means tougher competition.Millers may delay payments or reduce cane prices, Small farmers are most at risk ...