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Tea farmers urged to embrace value addition

Trade and Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya when he toured Kanyenya-ini Tea Factory in Murang’a County. He urged tea farmers to venture into value addition. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Trade and Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has urged stakeholders in the tea sector to engage in value addition to increase their earnings.

He said Kenya’s tea continues to fetch low prices at the international market because it is sold in its raw form for blending with other inferior brands.

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