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Farmers await bonus payment as protest rocks some factories

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KTDA Chairman Enos Njeru at a past meeting in Nairobi. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Anxiety has gripped the tea sector as factory directors analyse financial statements aimed at declaring annual bonuses for release to 880,000 farmers mid-next month.

This year's second payment is pegged on last year's green leaf production of more than 1.4 million kilogrammes (kgs).

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