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Mumias Sugar Company

The main gate to Mumias Sugar Company in this picture taken on August 2018.

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Boilers go silent, workers sent home as hopes of Mumias Sugar Company revival fade away

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By  Benson Amadala

Nation Media Group

Plans by a receiver-manager appointed by Kenya Commercial Bank 19 months ago to revive the financially struggling Mumias Sugar Company have yet again run into headwinds.

This is after the miller stopped ethanol production at the factory last month and sent 800 workers home, citing shortage of molasses.

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