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Counties eye bigger stake in sugar millers, fault privatisation bid

Nzoia Sugar Company. (Photo: Benjamin Sakwa/Standard)

Governors have renewed calls to amend privatisation laws and allow farmers and county governments assume the running of sugar factories in their jurisdictions.

Migori Governor Okoth Obado, who is also the Council of Governors’ agriculture committee chairman, said any move to privatise millers without involving counties will be counterproductive.

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