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Hope as Cabinet shelves plans to privatise six sugar factories

Mumias Sugar Company. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The Cabinet has shelved plans to privatise six state-owned sugar millers and approved the programme for their revival and commercialisation

The decision sets the sugar sub-sector on a path of renewal where the sugar millers will be operated under a lease and operating framework.

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