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Farmers losing Sh2.5m daily due to tea boycott

Farmers are losing Sh2.5 million daily since the troubled Thumaita tea factory was closed a week ago over disputed bonus payments.PHOTO: COURTESY

Farmers are losing Sh2.5 million daily since the troubled Thumaita tea factory was closed a week ago over disputed bonus payments.

County executive in charge of Agriculture Ngundo Warui said since violence erupted on August 26 leading to the indefinite closure of the facility, farmers have not picked tea.

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