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Counties fight over Sh1.4m land rates

A woman plucking tea at one of the multi-billion tea estates in Kericho on August 1, 2014. [File, Standard]

A boundary dispute between Kericho and Bomet counties has forced Unilever Tea Company to withhold land rates for its Ngoina tea estate. 

At the centre of the battle between the counties is at least Sh1.4 million that the company is required to pay annually for the 13.8 hectares of land it holds on a 99-year lease.

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