Young farmer opts to grow pomegranate in Kericho tea bushes

Josphat Kimuta shows his mature pomegranate plant, which he grows in the tea-rich Kericho area. PHOTO: PC NGENO.

Kericho County is known for tea farming, and indeed many farmers carry out farming in the region as a cash crop.

Nevertheless, a young farmer is making a killing from a little known crop in the area. Josphat Kimutai, 25, has found happiness in a rarely grown plant in the area pomegranate plant (Punica granatum).