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Regulation hands public millers raw material lifeline

Sylvester Mango, a sugarcane farmer in Mungakha village, Kakamega County. New sugar regulations will ensure prompt payment for farmers. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

New regulations for the sugar sector will protect State-owned millers from cane poaching.

The regulations, which will be gazetted as soon county governments lift a caveat placed on them, will prevent private sugar factories from preying on cane in State-owned zones.

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