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Tractors at Butali Sugar Company ferrying sugarcane to the miller for crushing. [Nathan Ochunge/Standard]
Sugar millers in Migori and Kisumu counties say they are on the brink of closure due to an acute shortage of sugarcane.
Sony Sugar, Chemelil, Muhoroni and Miwani are currently milling below their installed capacity, raising fears of a possible sugar shortage in the country.
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