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Plans to lease state-owned sugar millers on course, says PS

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A tractor loads sugarcane on a lorry after an accident at Kobado along the Rodi Kopany-Ndhiwa highway. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Agriculture Principal Secretary Kiprono Rono has said plans to lease four government-owned sugarcane factories in Western and Nyanza will go on as planned.

Speaking at Kibabii University in Bungoma county on Monday during the official opening of the pre-Madaraka Day Agricultural Exhibition, Rono announced that the government will proceed with the leasing of Nzoia, Chemilil, Sony, and Muhoroni sugar mills to revitalise them.

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