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A tea plucking machine at James Finlays Tea Estate in Kericho County. [Courtesy]
Tea companies in Kenya say they have to mechanise tea harvesting to stay afloat.
The large-scale tea firms, mostly in Rift Valley, say they face numerous challenges, some of them threatening their survival, and have had to implement a number of cost-saving measures including mechanising harvesting.
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