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How muddled State policy sank sugar sector

Mumias Sugar Company which is under receivership. Lack of protection from smuggling and dumping, high production costs and inadequate research funding exposed public millers to competition that they could not handle. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

Walking down the streets of Chemelil town, you can feel the loneliness and neglect. The once lively Kisumu County municipality sits in pensive meditation.

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