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CS Tobiko uneasy with plan for Sh5 billion Kisii sugar factory

CS Keriako Tobiko

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources says it has serious reservations about the planned excision of 120 acres of forest land to build a sugar factory in Kisii County.

Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko told a Senate committee yesterday that his office was uncomfortable with approving the request to hive off the land unless concerns raised were addressed.

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