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Unions welcome plans for sugar factory in Siaya

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Plans by a Kisumu tycoon to set up a Sh940 million sugar factory in Siaya County have elicited sharp reactions in the wake of a crippling raw material shortage.

Sugarcane growers and sector workers want Kisumu businessman and owner of Foam Mattresses Limited, Surendra Patel, to first come up with a proper cane development plan before setting up the proposed South Gem Sugar Factory.

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