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State shuts sugar millers in Western amid cane shortage

Kenya Sugar Board CEO Jude Chesire and Chairperson Nicholas Gumbo during a public participation meeting with millers on development of the Sugar Development Fund Manual and update on the sugar industry policy direction. [Courtesy]

Sugar millers operating in the upper and lower western regions will halt operations starting Friday, July 11, following a government directive ordering a three-month closure.

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