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 ...

A row has erupted between Nandi County government and multi-national companies over plans to introduce taxes on tea plucking machines to protect jobs for thousands of workers in the industry. Some ...

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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.

Nandi county assembly want their local government to impose a ban on the use of Tea plucking machines in the multi-national Tea companies that has witnessed over 20,000 workers being declared ...

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 ...