How muddled State policy sank sugar sectorMumias Sugar Company which is under receivership. Subscribe Now »The task force notes that the public firms have been in financial distress since 2009. For instance, the then Kenya Sugar Research Foundation was funded by the SDF. “This has contributed to the impoverishment of the sugar cane farming community... mainly their source of livelihood,” notes the task force. Kenya National Sugar Farmers’ Union Deputy Secretary General Simon Wesechere says farmers have been disillusioned by the delayed and poor payments.

Source: Standard Digital March 07, 2020 22:30 UTC