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Kenyans deserve to get facts right concerning the sugar industry. The hullabaloo raised by politicians after the said sugar deal between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni is more political, and facts will bear me witness.
First, Uganda does not have the capacity to meet our sugar shortfall. Ugandan sugar factories are coming out of the Idi Amin slump and can hardly export 50 tonnes of sugar. Our deficit is about 500 tonnes.
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