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Sugarbelt region loses industrial steam as power usage drops

Mumias Sugar Company. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

The closure and scaling down of large companies operating in western Kenya as well as constrained power supply to the region has over the last decade resulted in a sharp drop in power consumption. 

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