Aerial view of sugarcane fields in Kenya
One Platform for Kenya's Sugar Industry
SIMIS is the Kenya Sugar Board's integrated digital platform for stakeholder services, registration and licensing, compliance, trade facilitation, industry intelligence, geospatial monitoring and evidence-based decision-making.
Choose your pathway
Where would you like to start?
SIMIS serves the whole sugar value chain, KSB's regulatory teams, and members of the public.
Industry Stakeholders
For growers, out-grower institutions, millers, jaggery operators, importers, exporters, dealers, county governments and researchers.
Enter stakeholder portal →KSB Staff
Secure sign-in for authorised staff to access approvals, inspections, compliance activities, GIS, levy administration and reporting.
Staff sign in →Public Information
Public statistics, licensed-operator searches, notices, publications, complaint reporting and verification services.
Browse public services →Quick services
What would you like to do?
Choose a common task below — registration, licences, returns, verification and support.
Instant verification
Validate a licence, permit or product code issued by the Kenya Sugar Board.
Sample / demo verification — live registry API is not connected yet.
The mandate
Kenya Sugar Board and the role of SIMIS
The Kenya Sugar Board regulates, develops and promotes the sugar industry on behalf of the Republic of Kenya. SIMIS is the digital platform that carries out this mandate through online services, structured workflows, compliance monitoring, industry data and stakeholder engagement.
- Regulates, develops and promotes Kenya's sugar industry
- Coordinates stakeholders across the sugar value chain
- Registers and licenses industry operators
- Monitors compliance and enforces standards
- Supports growers, millers, traders and other stakeholders
- Collects and shares industry data and market information
- Promotes sustainable development, transparency and value addition
Platform overview
What SIMIS delivers
Ten connected service areas covering the sugar value chain from farm registration to trade, levy and traceability.
Registration & Licensing
End-to-end stakeholder registration and statutory licensing under the Sugar Act, 2024.
Trade, Imports & Exports
Pre-import approvals, consignment permits and quota monitoring.
Compliance & Inspections
Risk-based inspections, violation detection and enforcement actions.
Sugar Development Levy
Levy assessment, collection, reconciliation and statutory apportionment.
Loans & Grants
Sugar Development Fund applications, disbursement and utilisation tracking.
Factory & Production Intelligence
Real-time mill status, crushing capacity and production performance.
GIS & Crop Intelligence
Farm mapping, mill catchments, cane acreage and yield forecasting.
Traceability & Repacking
Repacker registration and product codes that trace sugar to source.
Industry Data & Reports
Statistics, market bulletins and dashboards for evidence-based decisions.
Notifications & Mobile Services
SMS, email and field officer mobile tools for inspections and alerts.
Industry snapshot
Public industry outlook
Approved public metrics only. Sample figures shown for illustration while the live SUGARSTAT feed is connected.
Registered growers
+3.2%412,850
Across 12 sugar-growing counties
Licensed mills
Stable16
Active operational processing plants
Operational factories
+114
Reporting crushing activity this month
Cane deliveries (MT)
+5.8%1.42M
Delivered to mills since January
Average cane price (KES/MT)
-1.5%5,300
Weighted national average
Sugar production YTD (MT)
+12.4%245,200
Metric tonnes processed since January
Simplified sugar-industry map — share of national cane deliveries
- Kakamega 21%
- Busia 17%
- Kisumu 15%
- Bungoma 14%
- Migori 12%
- Homa Bay 9%
- Kwale 7%
- Others 5%
Aggregated county-level figures. No confidential or personally identifiable information is published.
From Kenya Sugar Board
Latest news and notices
Notices and announcements from the Board, and stories from across the industry.
No news has been published yet. The Board's latest updates are on ksb.go.ke .
Resources & support
Guidance, publications and help
Everything stakeholders need to comply, apply and get assistance.
Browse the resource libraryNeed help with an application, or want to raise a support ticket with the KSB helpdesk?