CANE farmers have rejected the national government's plan to sell 51 per cent stake in five sugar millers to strategic investors. The move seeks to leave cane farmers with a 30 per cent reserve. Nzoia Sugar Farmers Outgrowers Union chairman Joash Wamang’oli said the government has gone against an earlier agreement with farmers. He said the 51 per cent should instead be reserved for famers. Wamang'oli was speaking to the Star on the phone from Nairobi yesterday. “We are surprised by media reports quoting the Agriculture PS over the sale issue. It is coming at a time when the main stakeholders...
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