Leaders in Western vow to block sale of sugar millers
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna (right) and his Vihiga counterpart Godfrey Osotsi during a funds drive at St Paul’s ACK Church in Vihiga on Saturday last week. Leaders at the meeting alleged a plot by the government to privatise Nzoia and Mumias sugar companies.
Growing unease over alleged plans to privatise Mumias and Nzoia sugar companies has seen politicians allied to both the government and opposition sides in Western region close ranks in a rare show of unity, vowing to resist any attempt to sell off the public firms to private interests.
This follows the recent approval by the administration of President William Ruto of the Privatisation Bill, 2023 that seeks to bypass parliamentary approval in the sale of public companies.
