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Governor wants sugarcane farming banned in his county

Trans Nzoia Governor Patrick Khaemba addresses the press in his office in Kitale town. [Photo by Peter Ochieng/Standard]

The county government wants sugarcane farming in the county banned over claims it is threatening maize production.

Governor Patrick Khaemba told the National Assembly Committee on Agriculture yesterday cane farming was continually reducing land under maize, Kenya's staple food.

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