As litigation proceeded, more than 200 people, including a national lawmaker from the area, overran the disputed plot on August 3, 2023 and began plucking tea. A court issued an injunction the ...

Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), one of the major tea buyers, had recommended that a farmer should pluck just two leaves and a bud which are said to produce high-quality tea. "The two leaves ...

Officials from Tea Machinery Engineering Company take farmers through mechanised tea plucking demo at Rianyamuamu catchment in South Rift /MATHEWS NDANYI A majority of tea farmers, especially in ...

When I see the image of a woman tea plucker—versions of it are used ... I didn’t think I could wield a shear and make a go at some plucking. The slopes were unfamiliarly steep for me.

“Some of us have been forced to spend our own little money to buy protective aprons and other gears for use while plucking tea for the county government. We are an oppressed workers,” said Bet ...