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Pakistan lists Kenyan tea an essential commodity

Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi and Pakistan Kenyan Ambassador meets Pakistan Federal Minister of Food Security and Research Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema and his team in Islamad.

Kenyan tea farmers could soon smile all the way to the banks as Pakistan lists the commodity among its essential commodities.

The move will boost Kenya's export earnings from the tea industry after the Pakistan Central Bank approved the use of US dollars as the transaction currency in the tea business.

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