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Pain for farmers as potato factory's doors remain shut

A man carrying a sack of sweet potatoes. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Migori County's Sh117m Getong'anya sweet potato processing factory's gates have remained closed since it was launched in March.

It is a situation that has dimmed the hopes of 750 farmers to access a direct market for their produce. The sweet potato farmers who have since decried harassment from middlemen had shifted from Tobacco farming with hopes of having the plant opened.

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