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Mombasa tea traders call for State action as Sudan closes its borders

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and KTDA Holding Chairman Chege Kirundi enjoy a cup of tea at a function, on March 15, 2025. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Tea traders are still awaiting government intervention to resolve the diplomatic standoff between Kenya and Sudan, which has blocked tea exports to Khartoum.

Traders said yesterday that no sales have been made to the North African country since it imposed the ban on Kenyan tea imports last Friday.

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