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Mumias woes deepen as saboteurs set cane on fire

Men clear a burnt cane field in Mumias Sugar Zone.

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By  Benson Amadala

What you need to know:

  • The fires that have been set in the past three weeks are suspected to be the work of saboteurs who are not keen on seeing the factory revived.

  • Management officials say the arsonists were targeting cane in the expansive nucleus estate.

  • Jaggery operators in Mumias East constituency have been accused of poaching the cane for production of brown sugar.

There seems to be no end in sight to troubles bedevilling Mumias Sugar Company after suspected arsonists set on fire its 92.47 hectares of cane.

The fires that have been set in the past three weeks are suspected to be the work of saboteurs who are not keen on seeing the factory revived.

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