This writer visited Kenyan tea estates earlier this year and witnessed first-hand the ruthless regime maintained by multinational companies. Sri Lankan and Indian plantation companies often cite Kenya ...

WSWS correspondents visited the workers’ quarters in the Unilever-owned tea plantation in Kericho County in Kenya. Unilever’s estate, the largest in Kenya, reportedly covers 8,700 hectares. It employs ...

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NANDI HILLS, Kenya (Reuters) - A dispute between a British-owned tea plantation and a local community in western Kenya has come to the boil in what could be a sign of turbulent times ahead for tea ...

The Kenyan tea sector is a vital component of the economy, contributing significantly to foreign exchange earnings, agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), and employment. It is a major source of ...

FILE PHOTO: A woman picks tea leaves at a plantation in Nandi Hills, in Kenya's highlands region west of capital Nairobi, November 5, 2014. NAIROBI, May 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate ...

wwMurang’a residents want a piece of Kakuzi plantation. Rift Valley residents want a piece of tea plantations and Laikipia residents want some ranches. Taita residents want a piece of expansive ...

In 2009, Karanja Kinyanjui visited the Tea Research Institute in Kangaita and was told about a new purple tea variety that would soon be introduced in the country. The center had 20,000 bushes of ...

Workers at a tea plantation in Kenya's Kericho area - Copyright AFP/File TONY KARUMBA Workers at a tea plantation in Kenya's Kericho area - Copyright AFP/File TONY ...

British colonists seized lands inhabited by local communities Avenues for redress limited by immunities, statutes of limitations Dispute in Nandi pits local farmers against British-owned estate NANDI ...