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West Kenya in ambitious plan to increase cane availability

West Kenya Sugar workers apply fertiliser during cane planting in Musokoto village, Busia County. [Benard Lusigi, Standard]

West Kenya Sugar Company has embarked on an aggressive and ambitious farmers' recruitment drive in Western as the local sugar industry remains crippled by acute shortage of sugarcane.

The initiative targets at least 5, 000 new farmers in Busia according to Boniface Oundo who is in charge of cane development at the Busia-based Olepito Sugar factory.

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