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Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot has demanded an explanation from the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) over the use of Sh1 billion contributed by farmers in the western Rift Valley for the stalled Settet Hydropower Project on the Chemosit River.
Cheruiyot alleged that the funds were diverted to finance other hydropower schemes benefiting factories in the eastern Rift, forcing western tea processors to pay higher electricity costs—one of the reasons for this year’s reduced tea bonuses.
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