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Mumias Sugar shuts for two weeks over lack of cane

Mumias Sugar Company. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Mumias Sugar Company has shut down its operations due to a lack of cane.

The company, run by Sarbjit Sigh Rai of Sarrai Group, Uganda, in a notice on Thursday, May 11, 2023, notice, said: "We are going to shut down our factory for two weeks with effect from Thursday (May 11, 2023) following an acute shortage of mature cane to crush. This is to allow the agriculture teams to carry out an assessment and cane inventory."

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