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Sugarcane stakeholders mull over pricing committee

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Farmers line up to sell sugarcane at Ekerorano market in Kisii County. A bundle retails at Sh20. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Sugarcane stakeholders are in talks to establish a pricing committee tasked with setting fair rates for the produce delivered by farmers to millers.

The move follows a deadlock between millers and farmers over pricing with some millers delaying payments to farmers for up to three weeks.

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