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Sugar sector struggles despite rise in cane prices

Sugarcane trucks loaded with sugarcane. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Simon Wesechere, a longtime sugarcane farmer, is among those not impressed by the recent historical hike of sugarcane buying prices from a low of Sh4,000 to over Sh5,200 per tonne by top millers in the country.

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