Monday, December 19, 2016

Cane growers who can’t afford sugar

Mumias Sugar CEO Errol Johnston addressing farmers and parliamentary committee on agriculture at  the firm on November  11, 2016 . FILE| NATION MEDIA GROUP
Mumias Sugar CEO Errol Johnston addressing farmers and parliamentary committee on agriculture at the firm on November 11, 2016 . FILE| NATION MEDIA GROUP 
By GERALD ANDAE
In Summary
  • Many parents depend on the crop to pay school fees for their children and meet other domestic ...needs.
  • But with the falling fortunes of the once important crop, their hopes to provide their young ones with a good future is dwindling.
  • The ripple effect of the dwindling production has been rampant poverty that has plagued regions that have been relying on sugar as their major economic mainstay.

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