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Tea factories earn Sh1.1 billion from weekly auction

Workers pick tea using tea harvesting machine at a farm in Kericho. [File, Standard]

The Mombasa tea auction generated Sh1,140,671,035 after the sale of 4,304,419 kilogrammes of tea sourced from 70 tea factories.

The weekly sale was higher compared to the last week's auction which fetched Sh1.3 billion after the sale of 5,148,159kg.

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