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Sugar politics ignores bitter truth on the industry’s steady collapse

Behind the heated political rhetoric surrounding the sugar industry is the risk of its imminent collapse.

What the Western Kenya politicians are not telling their folks is the impending sad reality, occasioned in part by their leaders’ greed and past disregard for the crop. The 11 sugar factories in the region, six of which are privately owned, face critical challenges that are unlikely to be addressed anytime soon.

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