The standoff in the sugar industry has continued to escalate after Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o confronted the Ministry of Agriculture over the controversial approval of mass redundancy notices.
This is after the Ministry approved redundancy letters to four State-owned sugar mills, directing that all employees be laid off.
The factories include Chemelil, Muhoroni, Sony, and Nzoia.
In an official statement dated August 22, Governor Nyong'o demanded the immediate withdrawal of the redundancy notices issued to thousands of workers, warning that the move threatens to destabilise the entire sector. ''I am shocked and dismayed by the unilateral and ill-advised approval granted by the Principal Secretary for Agriculture for mass redundancies at our state-owned sugar factories.
