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Kenya: Taskforce Calls for a Tax Cut to Boost Tea Drinking
Low domestic consumption of tea is one of the key obstacles to better earnings, a new report presented to the Minister of Agriculture says. The report by a taskforce appointed by the minister says the industry could significantly improve its earnings if local consumption doubled to 10 per cent of the entire output from the current level of five per cent. .
Kenya: Unilever Loses Sh65m Worth of Tea to Hailstorm
Tea producer and processor Unilever Tea Kenya has suffered a loss estimated at Sh65 million to a hailstorm that hit a section of its plantations destroying 1,600 hectares of the crop. Initial estimates put the loss at about 620 tonnes - the equivalent of a day's output from its four estates namely Chagaik, Kapkorech, Kimugu and Kapkatungor. .
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