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Tea prices fall to 10 month low as industry hurts from strikes

Jane Wambui plucks her tea at Wamagana Village in Tetu, Nyeri County recently. With falling prices farmers are staring at low earnings. [PHOTO:KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]

Tea prices have dropped to a 10-month low, compounding troubles in the sector currently hurting from industrial action.

Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) published this week shows that tea auction prices dipped to an average Sh213 per kilo in April.

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