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Kericho Governor Eric Mutai has vowed to dig into what he termed 'dark secrets' that have allowed multinational tea companies to thrive at the expense of the local community.
Among the matters Mr Mutai is seeking to investigate is how the previous regime paid over Sh100 million for a 10-acre land occupied by a tea company.
Mutai faulted his predecessor Paul Chepkwony under whose leadership the county paid for the purchase of the same land it had leased to the tea company, instead of instituting a direct requisition.
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