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Mumias revival excites many, but some cane farmers still skeptical

Mumias Sugar company operation Manager Stephen Kihumba (right) takes around Anglican Church Of Kenya Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit, ACK Mumias Diocese Bishop Joseph Wandere when they visited the company to dedicate it to God on October 24, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Duncan Ojomo from Butere, Kakamega County, is busy preparing his four-acre farm in readiness to plant sugarcane.

He is among the farmers from the expansive Mumias sugar zone, who had abandoned the cash crop about 10 years ago due to its dwindling fortunes.

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