Schools feel pinch as tea firms bleed jobs in Nandi

Boys carry firewood they had collected from Sotik Highlands Tea Estate in the neighbood of Nyamira and Bomet Counties. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Several schools near tea estates in Nandi East have witnessed a decline after multinational tea firms adopted tea plucking machines, occasioning mass lay-offs.

When tea companies intensified use of machines, several workers were laid off, in turn leading to drop of pupil population in schools as parents moved out of Nandi County.