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President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto hand over Sh1 billion dummy cheque to Mumias Sugar Company Chairman Dan Ameyo (second left) last month. Looking on are Kakamega County Governor Wycliffe Oparanya (left) and Senator Dr Boni Khalwale (centre). [Photo: Benjamin Sakwa/Standard]
Cane farmers who supplied their cane to Mumias Sugar Company will have to wait for the company to weed out ‘ghost’ farmers who have infiltrated the payment list before getting their proceeds.
The situation has forced audit firm, KPMG and officers from the company to scrutinise farmers’ list by making physical verification of their plots to establish if they supplied Mumias with cane. The exercise is meant to save the company from losing money to ‘fake’ farmers.
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