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Sugarcane zoning row rumbles on

Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya address the media after addressing the county assembly of Busia on the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) on March 20, 2019

The task force looking into the woes facing the sugar industry will not back down on its proposal to reintroduce zoning in the sugar belts.

The task force co-chair Wycliffe Oparanya said zoning must be enforced to avoid an undue scramble for sugarcane between private sugar companies and State-owned ones.

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