Farmers' sweet old days before the collapse of state-owned factories

Sugarcane. Between 1970 to around 2010, farmers were paid on time and employees received their pay every month without fail. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The sugar sub-sector was once a lucrative venture for the farmers and the country at large.

It used to control over 15 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), earnings that were accrued from the agricultural sector.