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Spotlight | Kenya
Ruto-Kenyatta tea war spreads to KTDA

Published on 25.07.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 3 min

Harvesting tea around Limuru, on the eastern edge of the Rift Valley. © Stephen Morrison/EPA

The president and his deputy are continuing their purge of the tea sector, from which executives close to the Uhuru Kenyatta administration are continuing their exodus. The Kenya Tea Development Agency consortium is now in the firing line.

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Spotlight | Kenya
Ruto-Kenyatta tea war spreads to KTDA

The president and his deputy are continuing their purge of the tea sector, from which executives close to the Uhuru Kenyatta administration are continuing their exodus. The Kenya Tea Development Agency consortium is now in the firing line.

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Spotlight | Kenya Ruto-Kenyatta tea war spreads to KTDA

The president and his deputy are continuing their purge of the tea sector, from which executives close to the Uhuru Kenyatta administration are continuing their exodus. The Kenya Tea Development Agency consortium is now in the firing line.

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Spotlight | Kenya
Ruto-Kenyatta tea war spreads to KTDA

Kenya
Battle for KTDA leadership posts in full swing

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Major Kenyan tea group plans to invest $38m to triple its electricity production

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