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Team wants county to run sugar factory

Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya receives a task force report on Mumias Sugar Company from Trade Executive Kasim Were yesterday. [Duncan Ocholla]

Kakamega County Government should explore ways of taking over management of the troubled Mumias Sugar Company as a key step towards reviving the miller, a task force has recommended.

In its report handed over to Governor Wycliffe Oparanya yesterday, the team proposed that the county should use part of its revenue to buy shares of the ailing miller as it moves towards full control.

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