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Governor Erick Mutai now seeks to mediate row over tea picking machines

Workers picking tea using a machine at a farm in Kericho. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]

Kericho Governor Erick Mutai has dropped his hardline stance against the use of machines for picking tea, saying he will instead engage with the multinational companies for a win-win solution to the dispute.

Workers in the tea sector and their unions have been fighting the use of machine since they were introduced in Kenya over 10 years ago.

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