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Sugarcane farmers tend to their crops at Lunganyiro village in Matungu, Kakamega county. [Benard Lusigi]
Sugarcane farmers have criticised the Ministry of Agriculture for increasing sugarcane buying price by a mere Sh50.
This is after newly appointed Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Andrew Mwihia Karanja revised the sugarcane buying price from Sh4,950 set earlier this month to Sh5,000 per ton.
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