LUGARI MP Ayub Savula has threatened to lead demonstrations by sugarcane farmers over reduction of payments by millers in Kakamega county. He said the pay cut from Sh3,400 to Sh3,200 per tonne of cane delivered to a factor is unacceptable. Savula said elected leaders will not sit back and watch as West Kenya Sugar Company and Butali Sugar Mills exploit farmers. “They raised the rates of payment to farmers to lure them from Mumias Sugar Company and we are not going to allow them to frustrate farmers,” he said. Speaking in Kakamega town yesterday, Savula said leaders will mobilise farmers to...
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