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According to the National Poverty Index (NPI), less than two members per household in Kakamega County have an income. You are on record as having warned that sugarcane impoverishes your people. What are the negative effects of sugarcane farming?
The first thing I did when I assumed office was form a taskforce specifically to look at the sugar industry because we realised that it was not doing well. I formed a taskforce which has given a full report. We have come up with a Sugar Bill that will favour the farmers.
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