A fresh row has erupted between tea multinationals and a workers’ union over the introduction of tea plucking machines, which could cost more than 50,000 workers their jobs. The Kenya Plantation and ...

Workers pluck tea using a machine. One multi national tea company sent home 10,000 tea pickers last year. Photo/FILE Nearly 3,000 children have dropped out of primary schools in tea estates in Nandi ...

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The decision by tea labourers affiliated to the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union (KPAWU) to protest against the ongoing mechanisation of tea production is misplaced. Since the twin ...

Samuel Ngugi, who owns Embassy Crystal, a leading Electronic shop within Kericho town, recalls days in the late 1990s when his sales could hit Sh500,000. He sells television sets, solar panels, ...

Two tea plucking machines are expected to be imported from Japanese Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd in order to cover up the shortage of estate workers, Plantations Ministry Secretary J A Ranjith said.

Report Ocean published the latest research report on the China Tea-Plucking Machines market. In order to comprehend a market holistically, a variety of factors must be evaluated, including ...

The Southern India Mills’ Association’s (SIMA) Cotton Development and Research Association (CDRA) has developed a cotton plucking machine to help farmers pick the fiber faster. Chairman of the SIMA ...