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Cane farmers suffer Sh50m loss in arson

Emmanuel Lekishon a Crops Officer at the Keyian Farmers Cooperative Society. [Edwin Nyarange, Standard]

Keyian Farmers Cooperative Society in Narok County has incurred a Sh50 million loss following a second arson attack. 

The society’s chairman, Phillip Saiyuah, said the fire was started by unknown people on Friday night. They burnt down 200 acres of the 700-acre sugarcane plantation in what he termed as economic sabotage.

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