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Sour sugar wars boil over

By Kenneth Kwama

In late 2003, when families of two brothers who jointly owned West Kenya Sugar Company Ltd (Wekscol) were engulfed in a bitter fight over control of the firm, one family member reportedly quipped that "blood is thicker than water. But profits are thicker than blood."

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