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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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