Sugarcane. [Photo/standard media]
Sugar millers have called on the government to come to their aid to enable them to deal with sugarcane poachers to stop more losses in the sector.
The millers have petitioned Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett to gazette new guidelines on cane poaching to streamline operations in the sugar sector and cushion farmers from losses.
According to Nzoia company board of management chairman Mr Joshua Wamang'oli, the firm has lost over Sh2 billion in the last two years as a result of poaching.
"We want zoning reintroduced since we have lost a lot of cane to our rival factories through cane poaching which has impacted negatively on the steady supply of our raw materials,” said Wamang’oli.
He blamed barons in the sugar sector for frustrating gazettement of the new laws.