The fall and fall of state-run sugar factories | SUGARY LIES

The story of Miwani sugar factory is one of the saddest in Kenya's sugar industry with more than 6000 workers left jobless after the collapse of the miller.
Over hundred hectares of land surrounding Miwani which is supposed to be under cane lies idle.
Sugar experts say the Nucleus surrounding Miwani sugar factory alone could meet 40 to 60% of the Sugar demand in Kenya.
The situation at Miwani is replicated in almost all the publicly owned sugar milling factories.
The capacity of private millers dwarfs that of state-owned factories; most of the latter use outdated machines further worsening the situation.
While most of the government millers are struggling, private millers are making a killing.
Many cane farmers are now frustrated with some opting to cultivate alternative crops.

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