Lawmakers finally strike deal on contested sugar reforms

Sugarcane

Workers load sugarcane onto a tractor.

Photo credit: Isaac Wale | Nation Media Group

Lawmakers have finally ended a months-long impasse over a law aimed at ensuring better regulations of the sugar sector, paving way for reforms in the ailing industry.

The development will see sugarcane removed from being a scheduled crop under the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) and Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) established to regulate the sector.

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