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Uproar over sugar task force report

A day after President Uhuru Kenyatta received a report by a task force formed to help revive the ailing sugar industry, hard questions remain amid concerns over whether the proposals will save the sector.

Some industry experts said although recommendations like the return of sugar development levy, prompt payment to farmers, reduction of taxation and imports, were welcome, grey areas of privatisation and zoning were not adequately addressed and would continue to haunt the sector.

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