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Sugarcane farmers listen to a cane farming stakeholder during a public participation forum when Parliamentary Agriculture and Livestock Committee visited West Kenya factory on April 13, 2023. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
Governors from counties in the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) are pushing for the reintroduction of the Kenya Sugar Board and revitalisation of farming in the region.
During their first-ever sugar conference in Kakamega, host governor Fernandes Barasa said one of the issues to be addressed is delinking the sector from the Agricultural Food Authority (AFA).
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