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Poor pay, bonuses top grievances list of tea farmers ahead of meeting

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Farmers pick tea at their farm in Ndugamano Village, Nyeri County. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Over 400,000 smallholder tea farmers from across the country have high expectations ahead of a national tea conference summit to be held at the Golf Club in Kericho County.

The farmers will have time to present challenges and solutions to the problems they have faced for years at the summit from July 6 to 7, chaired by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

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