Mumias Sugar is a sugar company in Kenya. It has headquarters in Nairobi and operations in Mumias. Its name is abbreviated to MSC. Mumias is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.

Mumias is engaged in the manufacture and sale of sugar. The company grows some sugar cane; its own estates provide up to 7% of its annual output. Its primary source of sugarcane is over 50,000 registered "out growers" with over 400 km² under cultivation. It has also piloted the production of a hybrid high-yielding palm oil variety in areas previously thought too cool for commercial cultivation, in collaboration with the UN FAO. In 2005 Mumias Sugar managing director Evans Kidero announced plans to expand into the production of ethanol to take advantage of the high cost of fuel. Mumias is located in Western Province in an area traditionally occupied by the Luyia ethnic group.

External links[link]

• Mumias Sugar at Google Finance
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• FAO: Hybrid oil palms bear fruit in western Kenya

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Mumias is a town in the Western Province of Kenya. The town has an urban population of 32.965 (1999 census) [1] Mumias is the center of the Mumias Division of the Butere/Mumias District. The town is linked by road to Kakamega (in east), Busia (west), Bungoma (north), Butere (south). The village of Buchinga is located between Mumias and Kakamega.

Mumias Sugar Company is a major employer. It also owned the Mumias Sugar FC, which was one of the top football teams in Kenya until it was disbanded in 2007.

Five minutes outside Mumias town, on the road to Kakamega, there is a hospital called St. Mary's Hospital. It is run by the Catholic Church.

History[link]

The town is capital of the Luhya kingdom of Wanga. King Mumia, who came to power in 1880, was the last sovereign king of Wanga. He was succeeded by his son Shitawa who ruled after his death in 1949 till the late seventies. He then was succeeded by Mumia II who is currently in power. His role remains largely non executive, but the royal family draws taxes from the trade that goes on in the county council of Mumias, which is to date still regarded as the seat of power. This includes taxes from the Mumias Sugar Company. The family still owns the land in the county although bits and pieces have been sold off to private developers. The entire Royal Family is still very closely linked to the choices of political leaders in the region as well as to their royal ties of the Abashitsetse clan. Each family has its own meetings (families keep the family tree with major families arising from the last sovereign Wanga government, with the brothers of King Mumia forming the Patriarchal Heads of the family). One other very noticeable family is the Kadima family. Mumias has a noticeable Muslim community, unique in western Kenya. It derives from trade links between Wanga state and coastal Kenya.

The town was known as Lureko until it was renamed Mumias ^[1].

The Nabongo Cultural Centre showcasing the Wanga Kingdom was opened in the outskirts of Mumias in 2008, near the traditional homestead of Wanga kings (Nabongos)^[1].

Sources[link]

• Rough Guide to Kenya, 7th ed, 2002, p361

References[link]

See also[link]

• Charles William Hobley

Coordinates: 0°20′N 34°29′E / 0.333°N 34.483°E / 0.333; 34.483

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