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Tea traders oppose ban on logging, say it will affect tea factories

Tea farm

Tea traders have criticised the ban on logging, saying it will affect production which heavily relies on firewood.

Traders at Mombasa Tea Auction said 70 per cent of tea production process uses wood energy.

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