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Maize and sugar farmers to wait longer for report

A tractor loaded with sugarcane. Probe team has been given more time. [File]

The Agriculture Ministry has for the third time extended time allocated the two committees probing sugar and maize industries in a bid to find lasting solutions to woes that have afflicted the two key sectors.

The two task-forces, which were formed in October last year, were expected to hand in their reports on April 1, but in a public notice issued on Friday, Mwangi Kiunjuri, the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, said he had extended the deadline by another 15 days to April 15.

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