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Government to disband Mumias Board, axe 300 staff in Sh5b deal with lenders

The Government is disbanding Mumias Sugar Company (MSC) board of directors and sending home more than 300 staff members in a Sh5 billion deal with lenders aimed at reviving the ailing company.

The decision came just a day after farmers held violent demonstrations outside the sugar miller's premises in a desperate bid to evict the management, for failing to pay them for delivery of cane.

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