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President William Ruto during Kakamega International Investment conference at MMUST on March 20, 2024. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
President William Ruto has vowed to streamline the sugar industry by leasing state-owned sugar mills.
He said his administration was keen on leasing the mills as opposed to privatising them. Speaking in Kakamega on Wednesday after opening the county's International Investment Conference (KAIICO), Ruto said the country ought to change how the sugar sub-sector is managed.
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