Sugarcane farmers to wait longer for Sh2.6b after Uhuru order

Farmers plant cane seedlings at Mwitoti in Mumias East last year. The growers have protested delayed payment by the Treasury. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Sugarcane farmers in Western Kenya are yet to receive the Sh2.6 billion owed to them two months after President Uhuru Kenyatta directed Treasury to release the money.

President Uhuru Kenyatta gave the order on October 20 last year, and told Treasury CS Henry Rotich and Agriculture’s Mwangi Kiunjuri to ensure farmers were paid.