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Cane farmers want Comesa import safeguards extended

John Okoti Kamuye in his sugarcane farm in Bulecha village, Kakamega County. [Standard]

Sugarcane farmers are pushing for the extension of restrictions on sugar imports.

The Kenya National Alliance of Sugarcane Farmers Organisation says with the looming expiry of import safeguards by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), farmers might lose market for their produce.

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