State agency orders audit of sugar outgrowers

Farmers cue to sell their sugarcane at Ekerorano market in kisii county, August 7th ,2016. The produce which is grown locally is produced in surplus and sold to middlemen who transport it to major towns.a bundle of 10 sugar canes is sold at ksh 80.traders buy only mature and brown sugar canes from the farmers.the remaining is sold locally .[photos sammy omingo/stanadard]

The Government has ordered a forensic audit of sugar outgrowers companies in Western and Nyanza to establish what led to their collapse.

The sugar outgrowers companies sunk with Sh400 million, which the Sugar Directorate gave them.