Kenya may be shipping more tea to the world than ever before, but the growing export volumes are not translating into better returns for the small-scale farmers.
For a country that boasts to be the third leading tea producer globally, Sh12 a kilogram as bonus, no doubt, sounds like an insult to a small-scale farmer who believes he has had a good season.
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