• He said the President is lying to Kenyans that Uganda will export milk to Kenya.
• Echesa also accused elected leaders from Western of failure to protect the interest of the community in the region.
Former Sports CS Rashid Echesa has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of plotting to 'kill' the sugar sector.
Echesa also said the President wants to gain monopoly of the dairy industry after the recent round of bilateral talks with Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni.
He said the bilateral agreement between Uhuru and Museveni, allowing Uganda to export milk and eggs to Kenya and increasing the annual sugar import quota from Uganda was bound to hurt the agricultural sector in Western.
Brookside is associated with the Kenyatta family.
Echesa was sacked by Uhuru on March 1, as Sports CS and was replaced by Amina Mohammed in a mini-reshuffle.
He has been demanding for reasons of his sacking from the President.
The President is lying to Kenyans that Uganda will export milk to Kenya yet the milk that is entering the country from Uganda such as Fresh Dairies is part of Brookside DairiesRashid Echesa
Echesa also accused elected leaders from Western of failure to protect the interest of the community in the region.
The ex-CS speaking on Sunday said the planned privatisation of the state-owned sugar companies was a ploy by the government to destroy the sugar sector.
“They want to sell the companies just like they did with Pan-Paper which was sold to Rai who has since converted it into go-downs to store his sugar. Uhuru lied to Museveni when he asked him about the Pan-Paper mill, that it was being revived when he knows very well that he sold it to his friend,” he said.
Privatisation chairman Dr Paul Otuoma has opposed sale of land hosting the millers earmarked for privatisation, saying the land belongs to the community.
He said the troubled sugar industry may not be revived following the increase of the sugar import quota from Uganda.
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri co-chair a sugar task force appointed by Uhuru to recommend the best ways of reviving the sugar industry.
A week ago, Oparanya said that the team will present its final report to the President this week.
MPs from the sugar belt met in Kisumu on Saturday to validate the recommendations.