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KTDA-affiliated firms net Sh679m at tea auction

A farmer picks tea on her farm. [File, Standard]

Smallholder tea factories last week netted Sh679 million after the sale of 2.60 million kilos (kgs) of tea at the Mombasa tea auction. The factories that achieved the premier prices are Gathuthi, Mununga, Igembe, Ndima, Kiegoi, Githongo, Imenti, Makomboki, Rukuriri and Ngere, at between Sh371 per kg and Sh352 per kilo.

Factories from the west of the rift that offered the highest volume are Boito (124,734 kgs), Kobel (104,128 kgs), Oleng (111,969 kgs), and Momul (110,192 kgs).  “Igembe tea factory in Meru offered 3,002 kgs and was listed as the least in the auction,” detailed the report.

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