Nairobi, July 9 -- Western Kenya sugar belt counties have supported plans to lease State-owned mills, signalling a smooth process of the exercise after they opposed the previous bid to sell the factories to strategic investors.
In a public notice, Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and his Kisumu counterpart Anyang Nyong'o said the move would boost sugar production and income for farmers.
Governors have been opposed to selling of the millers to investors previously and they successfully placed a court injunction that delayed the process that ought to have been completed some years back.
"The leasing of sugar mills will inject fresh investments into the mills, leading to higher productivity and subsequent employment of more workers and s...