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Outrage over move to lower sugarcane price

Linet Muga, a sugarcane farmer at Nyang in Muhoroni Constituency, Kisumu County. 05/02/15. PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD

Cane farmers have protested against a decision to reduce the tonnage price of sugarcane  as the industry grapples with an acute shortage of cane.

Yesterday, the Kenya Sugar Directorate Chief Executive Officer Solomon Odera said the price had been reduced because millers could not afford to pay the price they were being charged by farmers.

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