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Counties leaders demand higher stake in tea estate sale

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A tea plantation in Kericho County. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Leaders from Kericho and Bomet counties have raised fresh demands regarding the sale of Lipton tea estates to Sri Lanka's Browns Investment PLC.

This follows a four-hour closed-door meeting with the management of the multinational tea company.

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