Nzoia Sugar set to introduce weigh bridges in cane growing areas

NZOIA, KENYA: Nzoia Sugar Company to construct more weigh bridges to save farmers from loss.

Nzoia Sugar Company is in the process of constructing weigh bridges in selected cane growing areas to minimise wastage and save the farmer losses incurred when the produce is weighed at the factory.

Farmers having been counting losses due to spillage of cane on the road before it reaches the factory.

Speaking on Friday during the Company's corporate day, the firm’s board of directors Chairman Joash Wamang'oli said they have considered the plight of poor farmers who incur losses when their cane is weighed in the factory.

"The Government has given us Sh104 million to construct three weigh bridges in different areas so that we serve our farmers very well, they have been suffering for a very long time when their cane is weighed in the factory, majority of them are small scale farmers and they end up running in losses because it takes long for their cane to be weighed," said Wamang'oli.

He noted that the introduction of weigh bridges will save the farmers with small acreage who are likely to run at a loss when their cane is transported from the farm to the factory for weighing and subsequent crushing.

"Farmers are our core partners because they provide us with raw materials and we want to make sure that they also benefit from their sweat, majority have incurred losses and this has adversely discouraged them," he said

Wamang'oli also assured all Casual employees that they will be permanently employed after all paper work is completely done.

The acting Managing Director Godfrey Wanyonyi called on the government to provide the company with enough money so that they are able to promptly pay farmers who deliver their cane to factory.