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Sugar factories are staring at long closure due to cane shortage. This was deliberated during a meeting convened by Western region security committee led by Regional Commissioner Irungu Macharia bringing together cane farmers, sugarcane millers and the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) in Kakamega.
Dirty and unorthodox means used by various millers to poach and harvest immature cane at the expense of ensuring cane development, were revealed. It was revealed that harvesting of cane at night and transportation and cunning farmers under contract with different millers is contributing to sugar shortage.
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