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Kenya
Gloves off as Ruto goes after sugar sector rule-breakers

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A tractor transports sugarcane into the state-owned Mumias Sugar refinery.
A tractor transports sugarcane into the state-owned Mumias Sugar refinery. © Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Public and private refineries alike are in the sights of the government as it tries to revitalise the sugar industry. They stand accused of diverting the sugar harvested by farmers from its intended use and of contributing to the current slump.

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