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Boost for brewer as State pushes for sorghum farming

Trade, Industrialisation and Co-operatives CS Peter Munya addresses the media during a tour at Kenya Breweries Limited. (Denish Ochieng, Standard)

The brewing of low-end beer at a plant in Kisumu could register a steaming start following a Government pledge to support production of sorghum, its main raw material.

The brewery owned by Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) is undergoing final systems and quality test runs ahead of opening in the coming weeks. It will take up over 15,000 tonnes of sorghum to produce up to one million litres of Senator Keg.

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