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Upcoming sugar factory by KVDA and Indian investors to buy cane from North Rift farmers

North Rift sugarcane farmers are set to benefit from a Sh10bn sugar factory set to be built by the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) in partnership with Indian investors in a move aimed at boosting cane production and empower pastoralists economically. The factory will be built on a 25,000ha piece of land near Turkwel on […]

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County government to build own sugar factory saving farmers transport costs

Sugarcane being loaded on a tructor for trasportation to the factory. Transporters bill farmers between Sh450 and Sh1,500 to transport sugarcane from their farms to the mills, depending on distance covered. Sugarcane farmers from Kisii County are set to enjoy less transport costs of about Sh300 a tonne of cane transported to the millers as compared

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