Cane farmers stare at a bitter future as Sony Sugar struggles

Sony Sugar company workers on strike on April 1, 2019, demanding for more than Sh100 million in salary arrears. [Caleb King'wara, Standard]

The future of sugarcane farming in Migori County is uncertain. This is due to the frequent break down of Sony Sugar’s crushing machine.

While the miller’s installed production capacity when it was established in the 1970s was 3,000 tonnes of cane, today it hardly crushes a mere 200 tonnes a day.