Why sugar is do or die for oligarchs

Entrance gate at Mumias sugar company. PHOTO | ISAAC WALE | NMG

The latest news I have gathered on the controversy surrounding the raging court battle over the Mumias Sugar Company leasing process is a transaction whereby a new lender has suddenly jumped into the fray by purchasing loans secured by the ethanol plant and the co-gen plant.

The effect of this latest manoeuvre is that rights and securities over these two key assets have been handed to a new lender.

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