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New reforms in sugar sector offer a ray of hope to farmers

Sugarcane trucks parked in West Kenya Sugar Company. [Mumo Muvune, Standard]

The shutdown of milling sugar in the country due to a historic sugar cane shortage is perhaps the greatest indicator of how loose regulations in the sugar sub-sector and interference by barons can bring down an otherwise profitable venture.

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