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Millers threaten to shut down over court order to increase cane prices

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Farmers line up to sell their sugarcane at the Ekerorano market in Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Sugar millers have threatened to shut down following a court order to increase sugarcane buying prices.

The court on April 24, 2014, ordered millers to revert to the previous rate of Sh5,900 per tonne up from the current rate of Sh5,100 per tonne.

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