KERICHO, KENYA: Local leaders have supported plans by the county government to acquire at least 1,000 acres from multinational tea companies for the expansion of Kericho town.
Addressing local leaders at the Tea Research Foundation hall in Kericho at the weekend, Lands Cabinet Secretary Farida Karoney disclosed that the Government had formed a technical team drawn from the national and the county governments, as well as the political leadership, which will design a road-map for the land acquisition process.