Cane farmers to enjoy sweet returns as millers raise prices

Sugarcane trucks loaded with sugarcane from Nyando sugar belt camping outside the West Kenya's Miwani weighbridge in Kisumu county on September 3rd 2021. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Sugarcane farmers in Western Kenya are a happy lot after prices hit a record Sh5,500 per ton.

West Kenya Sugar, the manufacturer of Kabras sugar brand has raised the price of cane from Sh5,250 to a record Sh5,500 per ton as sugar manufacturers in the region compete to lure the cane growers following a declining supply of raw materials.