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Fires ravage cane farms as company projects heavy losses

A worker cuts some of the cane that remained after a fierce fire razed a sugarcane plantation in Awendo. [PHOTO: STANLEY ONGWAE/STANDARD]

MIGORI: The South Nyanza (Sony) Sugar Company could have incurred heavy losses as a result of fires that have ravaged more than 1,000 acres of cane.

The fires have been aggravated by the persistent drought that has run for over four months.

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