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Sugar manufacturers want ban on cane import lifted

A sugar manufacturers lobby has called for the lifting of the ban on importation of cane that has led to a supply shortage and affected operations of most millers.

Chairman of the Kenya Sugar Manufacturers Association (KESMA) Jayanti Patel said that one of their millers - Busia Sugar Industries – has been heavily affected by the shortage owing to insufficient farming of the crop in their area.

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