Release report on Task Force- demands farmersKwale International Sugar Company Ltd (KISCOL) outgrowing manager Paramasivam Prabakaran (right) shares a word with some of the Kwale sugarcane farmers during a meeting in Kwale County on Thursday 7th February 2019. Three farmers' organisation accused the CS of taking long to release the report. The task force went around sugar cane growing parts of the country collecting farmers' views on revival of the sector. SEE ALSO :Sugar farmers eye more stakes in millersHe also directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Treasury to put in place a framework of paying farmers their Sh2.6 billion arrears owed by public millers. Secretary-general of the Kenya National Federation of Sugarcane Farmers Charles Atyang said farmers have rejected zoning and no one should force it on them.

Source: Standard Digital April 28, 2019 21:05 UTC