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Workers at Chemelil Sugar Company demonstrate at Chemelil town over delayed payment. [Collins Oduor/Standard]
Operations at Chemelil Sugar Company have been grounded since Wednesday as farmers protested delayed payments.
The farmers are demanding Sh210 million. The money is part of a Sh2.7 billion the Government pledged to give cane farmers last year. The pledge was made by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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