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Senators agree to bring back regulatory agency for the tea sub-sector

Women carry Tea Leaves from their farms heading to Eberege Tea Factory along Mogonga Road in Kisii County.

The Senate has unanimously agreed to return a regulatory authority to be in charge of the tea sub-sector.

In what is going to completely alter the way the cash crop is managed, The Tea Bill, 2018, which was passed by the Senate last week, also incorporates counties in running of the once lucrative venture.

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