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How Mumias Sugar Company died and the sour politics behind proposed lease process

The miller was the largest sugar factory in East and Central Africa. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard

Mumias Sugar Company was a giant, towering over Kenya’s corporate scene and churning out natural sweetness that controlled the economy and politics of western Kenya.

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