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Bitter taste in tea bonus that has kept farmers off plucking

A deserted Ndugamano tea collection centre in Tetu, Nyeri County, yesterday following a strike by farmers over poor tea bonus payment. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Uncertainty in the tea sector escalated yesterday as a tea plucking boycott by farmers entered its third day in Mt Kenya region.

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