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Tea farmers in Embu oppose new factory site

The tea farmers who supply Michii Mikuru Tea Factory in Tigania East, Meru County. They want a satellite factory built at Amugaa. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

Thousands of tea farmers affiliated to the Michii Mikuru Tea Factory in Tigania have protested plans to use Sh300 million to build a new production line at Kiegoi in neighbouring Igembe region.

The farmers said they want the money, which they had contributed through deductions, used to build a satellite factory at Amugaa.

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