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Tea farmers defy court order and elect new office holders

Anne Wairimu delivers her green tea leaves at Mukarara Tea Buying Center in Tetu, Nyeri, on February 16, 2021. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Small-holder tea farmers in parts of Mt Kenya region held elections despite a court order suspending such polls in all the 54 Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) tea factories.

The High Court had suspended an executive order issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta on March 12, directing the Tea Board of Kenya to conduct elections in all KTDA tea factories within 60 days.

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