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Mumias takeover plan brews bitter sugar battle between Rai brothers

A mix of toxic western Kenya politics and a rivalry pitting estranged siblings could derail the best shot at reviving ailing miller. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

When ODM Party leader Raila Odinga introduced two managers of Uganda’s Sarrai Group to the crowd at Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega County recently, the businessmen looked bewildered.

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