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Tea companies should stop withholding farmers’ dues

Black tea is Kenya’s leading export and foreign exchange earner and, therefore, the importance of tea cultivation cannot be overemphasised.

The crop is cultivated by hundreds of thousands of small-scale holders on one hand and large-scale multi-nationals operating mainly in Kericho and Nandi counties and Limuru on the other. For small-scale farmers, tea farming would only be of consequence if it changed their lot economically.

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