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Smallholder tea factories make Sh1 billion at auction

A worker picks tea on a farm. [File, Standard]

Small-scale tea holder factories fetched Sh1 billion after the sale of 4,403,251kg.

In the market analysis, the Mununga tea factory sold 108,200kg, fetched Sh38.5 million, and Rukuriri tea factory 94,722kg for Sh29,174,376 at the rate of Sh356 and Sh308 per kilogramme, respectively.

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