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Kericho farmers boycott tea picking over bonus row

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Tegat tea factory farmers have boycotted tea picking over bonus row. [File, Standard]

Operations at Tegat/Toror tea factories in Kericho county have been paralysed after the farmers boycotted tea picking to demand bonus increment.

More than 10,000 farmers did not deliver their produce to the factories to demand an increment from Sh25 to Sh50 per kilo.

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