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Mombasa, Kenya: Senate has recommended investigations into operations at the Mombasa Tea Auction following allegations of malpractices, which have greatly hurt the multi-billion sector and threatened to cripple top export earner.
The probe was recommended even as it emerged that senior management officials at the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) have been irregularly importing low quality tea for blending purposes, a move that causes an artificial glut, making tea farmers earn reduced prices for their produce.
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