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How fraudsters rake in millions from cane miller

Trucks ferry cane to Sony Sugar Company. [File, Standard]

Racketeers have been minting billions of shillings from millers in the sugar belt by filling cases using fake documents from unsuspecting farmers including those who died years ago.

Investigations reveal that the racketeers have been altering contracts of the unsuspecting farmers to file cases in Rongo, Migori, Homa Bay, Kisii, and Kehancha towns.

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