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Sugarcane farmers during a meeting at Kobodo trading centre in Ndhiwa West sub-county, Homa Bay County. [James Omoro, Standard]
Sugarcane farmers in South Nyanza have decried the importation of sugar, saying it is driving the region into abject poverty.
The imported sugar is packaged and sold in the local market at lower prices, prompting consumers to shun locally produced sugar from Kenyan industries.
The farmers lamented that the trend denies local industries the much-needed revenue to purchase sugarcane from farmers or pay for cane already delivered.
