Tensions are running high in Kisumu County’s sugar belt after workers at Chemelil and Muhoroni sugar companies staged protests on Tuesday, accusing the government of reneging on its promise to settle all outstanding dues before the takeover by new investors.
Hundreds of employees from the two State-owned mills downed their tools, demanding payment of accumulated salaries, allowances and terminal dues, and vowed to paralyse operations until their demands are met.
