This archive report was first published on 23 September 2019.
On August 27, 2018, a sugarcane transporter drives a tractor to Chemelil milling factory as farmers in the sugar belt region of Kisumu dialogue over zoning as factories that went under receivership plan to start milling.
A planned demonstration by cane farmers in Awendo sugar belt to press for delayed payment of their dues amounting to Sh552 million was canceled at the eleventh hour on the advice of the Migori County security team led by Commissioner Joseph Rotich.
The demonstration, which would have seen all roads from Rongo town to Migori blocked, was put off indefinitely. The farmers had notified transporters and business community along the busy Migori-Kisii -Isebania highway of the intended strike.
According to Kenya National Federation of Sugarcane Farmers Migori branch secretary Argwings Adongo, the farmers held a meeting with security officers chaired by the county commissioner, who advised them against holding the demo citing security risks.
Adongo said, 'We agreed that we call off the strike and arrange for a meeting with the commissioner and the Sony Sugar management to offset our arrears soon.'
Commissioner Joseph Rotich stated, 'We want the farmers to discuss the matter with us and the management this week.'
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