Deny licenses to millers who don't develop cane, say workers

Mumias sugarcane farmers protest at Ekero area where they demanded revival of the company. [File, Standard]

Sugar factory workers in the Western region now want the renewal of milling licenses be pegged on the amount of cane developed by the miller.

The Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation and Allied Workers (Kuspaw) said the failure by some millers to prioritise the development of cane was hurting the sector.