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How leaders' utterances built big storm against tea multinationals

A tea harvesting machine at James Finlays Tea Estate in Kericho County. [File, Standard]

Leaders from Kericho and Bomet counties have apologised for their previous utterances, which sparked a wave of arson attacks targeting tea harvesting machines owned by large-scale tea farms.

Speaking after a meeting in Kericho town, the leaders, including a governor and two senators, said going forward, those staging attacks on the multinationals will carry their own cross.

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