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Government plans to scrap off millers debts in move to save sugar sector

Workers at Chemelil Sugar Company demonstrated over delayed payment in Chemelil town last Friday. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Sugar millers may have their debts written off as part of an elaborate plan to revive the industry.

However, according to a strategy unveiled by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, last Friday, there will also be a forensic and management audit on all the public millers. If this goes well, the industry will receive short-term injection of capital to get the millers back on their feet.

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