Draft sugar regulations left out our input, farmers claim

Some of the tractors at Butali Sugar Company ferrying sugarcane to the miller for crushing. Experts have advised sugar millers in Kenya to employ alternative means of generating revenue. (Nathan Ochunge, Standard)

Farmers from Nyando sugar belt have taken issue with recently gazetted Draft Sugar Regulations, saying their input is not reflected in the policy document aimed at restoring order in the sector.

Representatives of farmers from Nandi, Kisumu and Kericho sugar growing zones yesterday submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture a list of amendments they want made to the document, which had been lying in draft form since 2001.