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Awendo forging future in the midst of cane

Founded out of a need to house sugar firm workers, town is today one of the fastest growing in the region, writes  NICK OLUOCH

It started in the late 1970s following the establishment of the South Nyanza Sugar Company, popularly known as Sony Sugar, to provide housing facilities for the company workers. Today, however, Awendo is one of the fastest growing towns in the region.

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