Budget funding proposals receive praise and scorn
Residents praise some of the proposals while others claim slashing health funding is a disaster in waiting.
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Sugarcane stakeholders mull over pricing committee
Farmers have demanded that millers pay Sh5,900 per ton of cane as ordered by court but millers are advocating for Sh5,100.
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Cane farmers raise sustainability concerns as milling resumes
Say the heavy sugar imports will curtail efforts by the millers to pay farmers.
Kenya General Simon Wesechere Food Authority Kenya National Federation Of Sugarcane Farmers Kenya Sugar Company Mumias Sugar Company
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Give solutions in sugar summit, cane farmers tell organisers
They also want 'real' stakeholders involved lest goals be unmet
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State importation of sugar insensitive to our plight, say cane farmers
They term onslaught against sugar institutions a selfish move to totally impoverish growers in Western
Simon Wesechere William Ruto Sugar Importation Official Agriculture And Food Authority The Star Newspaper Kenya News Star Newspaper Kenya
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Why zoning rule could be silver bullet to resolve sugar shortage
The 2019 Sugar Industry Stakeholders Task Force Report. suggested dividing the region into five zones, each with two or more sugar mills. Farmers could then choose which mill to supply.
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Mumias Sugar shuts for two weeks over lack of cane
The announcement came amid stiff competition for mature cane among millers in Western Kenya, which pushed up the price of a ton of sugarcane to a record high of Sh5,500 last month, from Sh4,000.
Raphael Welimo Simon Wesechere Kenya National Federation Of Sugarcane Farmers Mumias Sugar Company Food Authority Sarrai Group
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Mumias Sugar to shut for two weeks as cane shortage bites
The announcement came amid stiff competition for mature cane among millers in Western Kenya, which pushed up the price of a ton of sugarcane to a record high of Sh5,500 last month, from Sh4,000.
Simon Wesechere Raphael Welimo Global Agricultural Information Network United States Department Of Agriculture Sugar Development Levy Mumias Sugar Company
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New sugarcane prices fail to excite farmers
While some of the farmers interviewed in Busia, Kakamega, Bungoma and parts of Nyanza welcomed the move, saying the new price will encourage increased production of the crop.
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Keep off Mumias Sugar affairs, politicians told
Tumaz had offered Sh27.6 billion for the leasing of Mumias Sugar assets, with West Kenya also against the awarding of the Ugandan firm.
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