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Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale (centre), CORD leader Raila Odinga and other opposition leaders duringa press conference on the deal for importation of cheap sugar from Uganda in Nairobi on Thursday. (PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/STANDARD)
The Kenya–Uganda sugar trade saga has given President Uhuru Kenyatta a herculean task as he attempts to exert his influence and that of his Jubilee government in the Western Kenya sugar belt.
A flurry of quickly arranged media briefings and conflicting statements from senior government officials on what exactly transpired in Uganda has only helped to muddy the waters for the President and his team.
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