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Kisii’s first privately owned tea factory stirs farmers’ hopes

The privately owned tea factory in Nyamira County receives over six million kilos of green leaf every year. (PHOTOS SAMMY OMINGO/STANDARD)

The opening of the first privately owned tea processing factory in the Gusii region is expected to boost farmers’ earnings as competition for produce increases.

Mogeni Tea Factory in Kerumbe area, which is in Nyamira County’s North Mugirango constituency, is the brainchild of Stephen Mogeni, a retired civil servant.

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