Tag: sugarcane

The Sugar Task Force co-chaired by Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya (far left) and Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri (second left) shouldn't resort to archaic recommendations to aid the ailing sugar sector

The Sugar Task Force shouldn’t make archaic proposals to protect state owned millers

April 3, 2019

The 14 member Task Force co-chaired by Governor Wycliffe Oparanya of Kakamega County and the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Mwangi Kiunjuri had its final public sitting on 30th March 2019 at ...

Cane farmers federation representatives speaking to the press

Agriculture

Cane farmers start receiving their dues after a long wait

by Brendah Wawire

March 9, 2019

Cane farmers owed billions of shillings by government-sponsored sugar companies are now relieved after the government released the money early this week. Farmers with accounts in Barclays bank, Equity and ...

Kenya National Federation of Sugarcane Farmers board members

Agriculture

Federation of cane farmers fault newly formed cane farmers alliance

by Brendah Wawire

January 28, 2019

The Kenya National Federation of Sugarcane Farmers (KNFSF) has come out fighting against the newly formed Kenya National Alliance for sugarcane farmers (KNASF), blaming it for causing chaos in the ...

The sugarcane sector has faced its share of problems in the past years

Agriculture

Oparanya urges the government to start paying sugarcane farmers

by Samuel Nyongesa

November 7, 2018

Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has urged the national government to pay sugarcane farmers, saying it will encourage many farmers who had halted sugarcane farming due to non-payment to resume the farming. ...

Agriculture

Farmers urged to plant more sugarcane

by Victoriah Sindani

May 24, 2016

Farmers from the western region of Kenya have been urged to plant more sugarcane to meet the need of sugar industries in the region and boost their living standards. Speaking ...