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Governors part ways in fight against tea harvesting machines

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Tea pluckers at Chemase Tea Estate in Kericho County. [File, Standard]

Kericho Governor Erick Mutai and his Bomet counterpart Hillary Barchok are split over the fight against Mechanised Tea Harvesters (MTH).

Speaking during the opening of Bagao Tea Buying Centre in Ainamoi constituency, Dr Mutai said unlike Barchock, he would not back down in the fight to have tea firms scale down on the use of machines.

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