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To Zone or not to Zone: Fresh controversy pushes sugar industry deeper into the brink

Mode of transporting cane to some of sugar firms in Western hinders other road users. [Benjamin Sakwa/Standard]

Farmers have disagreed over the recently gazetted regulations meant to revive the sugar industry.

One group, led by the Kenya Federation of Sugarcane Farmers' Deputy Secretary General Atyang’ Atiang’ and said to represent farmers from the Nyando area, has opposed zoning of sugar belts. The measure is meant to stop the scramble for raw materials.

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