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It's time for reality check in sugar industry

A new regime that might ravage over a million livelihoods, among them, one of Kenya’s most vulnerable citizens — hardworking farmers — sets in today.

Thanks to the inability of the State to take bold steps to tackle mismanagement in government-owned sugar milling factories, our neighbours and partners within the Common Markets for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) have said they have had enough of Kenya’s protectionism of its sugar sector.

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