Farmers have given factories a two weeks to increase their payment or they stop supplying cane. Speaking to the Star on the phone yesterday, Kenya Sugarcane Growers' Association secretary general Richard Ogendo said currently the sugar prices are high and that should mean higher cane prices. Ogendo said currently the farmers are paid between Sh2,800 and Sh3,000 per tonne of cane. He said they want the factories to increase the price to a minimum of Sh3,000 per tonne. Ogendo said the factories are making a lot of money with good sugar prices and the farmers deserve the same. He said in the...
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