Chemelil cane farmers to wait longer for their Sh210 million arrears

Farmer Elija Ogunde expresses his view during a sugarcane farmers' meeting at Chemelil Sugar. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

Farmers who supplied sugarcane to a sugar company will have to wait for at least two months to be paid.

Muhoroni MP Onyango K’Oyoo yesterday told the farmers that Chemelil Sugar Company had not submitted their names to the National Treasury for payment of their arrears amounting to Sh210 million.