×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Read Offline Anywhere
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download Now

Bring back the good old days by reviving Nzoia Sugar Company

Vocalize Pre-Player Loader

Audio By Vocalize

A view of Nzoia Sugar Company. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Close to a year ago, I saw on television the then Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya hand over a dummy cheque worth Sh500 million to the management of Nzoia Sugar Company for payment to the company's contracted farmers. Many things came to my mind. Key among them was that, indeed, times change. And things, too, change.

Nzoia Sugar Company had in the past paid lots of money many times to a lot of farmers without such choreography. What was special this time round?

Premium Article

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week.

Bold Reporting Takes Time, Courage and Investment. Stand With Us.
Continue Reading  →
What you get
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimised reading
  • Weekly newsletters & digests
Pay via
M - PESA
VISA
Airtel Money
Secure Payments Kenya's most trusted newsroom since 1902
Sports
Former Kenya Lionesses head coach Felix Oloo is dead
By AFP 12 hrs ago
Football
Saka sparks Arsenal attack into life ahead of Atletico showdown
By Mose Sammy 19 hrs ago
Sports
Shah emerges top at Sigona Club event
Sports
Home player Sang tees off to victory at Sunset tourney in Nyali