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Government leases four sugar factories, to pay Sh. 6 billion to farmers

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Agriculture and Livestock CS Mutahi Kagwe before the National Assembly Agriculture and Livestock Committee at Parliament on February 21, 2025 [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The government has completed the leasing of four sugar factories: Nzoia, Chemelil, Sony and Muhoroni, and agreed to pay Sh. 6 billion owed to farmers by July this year.

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