EDITORIAL: Privatisation is the only cure to ailing sugar sector

Offloading bags of imported sugar at the port of Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The ongoing fight between farmers and millers over the pricing of sugarcane provides yet another compelling reason to complete reforms aimed at making the industry more competitive.

Farmers have opposed millers’ petition to reduce the price of sugarcane from Sh4, 025 a tonne to Sh3, 000 in line with sharp decline in the shelf prices of sugar.

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