Mumias Sugar Company sent home more than 800 workers on Wednesday after the limping miller stopped operations due to lack of raw materials.
The financially crippled firm was producing ethanol after milling of sugar stalled over two years ago. It was doing close to 150,000 litres in two shifts, boosted by the high demand for alcohol needed in the production of hand sanitiser.
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