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Bring back the good old days by reviving Nzoia Sugar Company

A view of Nzoia Sugar Company. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Close to a year ago, I saw on television the then Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya hand over a dummy cheque worth Sh500 million to the management of Nzoia Sugar Company for payment to the company's contracted farmers. Many things came to my mind. Key among them was that, indeed, times change. And things, too, change.

Nzoia Sugar Company had in the past paid lots of money many times to a lot of farmers without such choreography. What was special this time round?

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