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Mosquito bug now threatens to steal flavour from tea farmers

Tea bushes under pest attack. Tea farmers from Kapkatet in Kericho county are grappling with Helopeltis (Mosquito bug) which is attacking their cash crops.

Tea farmers from Kapkatet are grappling with Helopeltis (mosquito bug) that has attacked their cash crops. 

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