President William Ruto harvests sugar cane during the launch of the issuance of bonuses for sugarcane farmers in Mumias, Kakamega County. [PCS] The High Court has suspended a Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) directive barring milling companies from buying sugarcane from farmers for three months. Justice William Musyoka stayed the controversial directive pending the hearing and determination of a case filed by aggrieved cane farmers in the Upper and Lower Western regions. The farmers filed the suit against KSB, saying its July 8 directive would disadvantage those with mature sugarcane. They argued that KSB had arrived at the decision arbitrarily. Follow…
Author: By Mary Imenza and Benard Lusigi
Former UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala inside his car after been blocked by DCI officers and uniformed police outside Kirobon Girls’ School after attempting to reach students from Butere Girls for rehearsal purposes. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Parents and residents of Butere Girls High School in Kakamega County are now demanding accountability from the government after the school’s students were reportedly humiliated and barred from performing their play, ‘Echoes of Wars, at the Kenya National Drama and Film Festival in Nakuru County. The learners, who had travelled from Kakamega after the High Court overturned the Ministry of Education’s ban on their play, were denied access…