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Family adopts tree tomato after tea disappointment

Tree Tomatoes

After years of making losses from their tea farm, a family in Murang’a is now making a fortune from tree tomatoes.

John Githigia Kigo uprooted his tea bushes when he discovered he could make more money from fast maturing tree tomatoes.

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