Debt-ridden sugar firms to miss Kisumu ASK show

Meshack Onyango attends to some of the crops that will be exhibited at the Kisumu annual show at Mamboleo. The annual event will kick off on July 24, 2018 and more than 115 exhibitors are expected to showcase their items. [Collins Oduor/Standard]

Sugar companies in Nyanza region will for the first time in many years miss this year’s Kisumu regional  Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) show due to hard economic times facing the sector.

Nyanza regional ASK show chairman Caleb Oguya, said so far only Sony Sugar Company had showed interest in participating.