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Company opened its doors on Friday to receive cane from farmers

An earlier High Court decision had kicked the firm out of running the troubled miller.

Billionaire Rai family in Mumias Sugar lease race Thursday June 10 2021 By GERALD ANDAE The billionaire Rai family is among the eight high-profile investors eyeing a lease deal for the Sh15 billion assets of ailing Mumias Sugar Company, the miller’s receiver-manager has disclosed. The disclosure of Rai’s bid underlines months of the heated behind-the-scenes fight for the control of the once top miller by wealthy investors including steel tycoon Narendra Raval who has since withdrawn from the race. Mr Raval, who was planning to inject Sh5 billion to modernise the miller on winning the bid,...

The Angolan star, who has struggled to nail a starting role in the team after he picked a troubling knee injury that saw him miss a number of the team’s first-round matches including the derby against Simba SC, came in for Michael Sarpong and was rewarded after he fastened onto a through ball from Deus Kaseke to plant the ball into an empty net. Kaze had made changes to his starting eleven bringing in Kenyan keeper Farouk Shikhalo for Metacha Mnata, who many felt was at fault as the team snatched a 3-3 draw against Kagera in their last outing.

With Mlandege leading the group with two points, it meant Sunday's winner would automatically qualify for the semi-final.  The Tanzanian heavyweights thought they scored in the second minute when Iddi Selemani tapped the ball on target, but the officials were not moved as they felt the ball did not cross the line while the replays suggested otherwise. From that point onwards, both teams played cautiously to avoid conceding since it would have lowered their chances of making it to the next phase of the competition. Seemingly, the match was headed for a goalless draw but Azam FC managed to get...