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Business suffers as once vibrant sugar millers go silent on farmers

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Nzoia Sugar Company. [File, Standard]

Businesses along the sugar belt in Western and Nyanza are facing an uncertain future and counting huge losses due to the closure of sugar factories.

This follows the decision by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) to suspend sugarcane milling for three months, to allow cane to mature.

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