The Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi Kagwe, has revealed that the Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAWU) has approved the government's plan to lease the Nzoia, Chemilil, Muhorono, and Sony sugar factories.
In a statement on Wednesday, April 30, the CS, who held a meeting, however, revealed that he will hold a series of meetings with other stakeholders, including the governors and other farmer representatives, to ensure that the leasing will not be done without further approval from other stakeholders from the factories.
Kagwe has further assured that the government will ensure that investors who will take over the factories will go through vetting to ensure that they meet the necessary threshold set by the government. "We cannot do this arbitrarily; there is leadership in that area that cannot be ignored.
We cannot ignore the unions; we cannot ignore the farmers' representatives.
