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Task force to probe multinational tea firms over use of machines

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

A task force has been formed to review operations of multinational tea firms in three counties.

The formation of the task force comes against the backdrop of a protracted battle between Kericho Governor Erick Mutai and United Kingdom-based tea firms over the deployment of tea harvesting machines.

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