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CS Oparanya backs leasing of state-owned sugar factories as new strategic managers take over

Sacco ReviewMay 13, 202508 mins

Cooperatives cabinet secretary, Wycliffe Oparanya, has strongly backed the government’s decision to lease state-owned sugar factories, saying the move is long overdue and critical to reviving a struggling sector. Speaking as the transition process officially began, Oparanya disclosed that most of the state-owned mills were in deep financial crisis, with many operating at a loss for…

Government to settle sugarcane farmers, millers’ arrears before lease team takes over

Sacco ReviewMay 10, 202506 mins

The government is expected to settle arrears owed to both farmers and workers before the handover of the four sugar milling factories to private millers. According to a statement released by Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe; the government last year paid out over Ksh. 1.7 billion to sugarcane farmers to clear arrears…