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Tea farmers upbeat as weakening shilling, heavy rains bring better prices

After years of perpetual decline, tea prices are now picking up thanks to the ongoing heavy rains and the weakening value of the shilling.

Although tea producers say they are yet to get good prices from the country’s leading cash crop, what they earn currently is better compared to the previous seasons.

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