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IMPROVED DEMAND ON PLANTATION WITH KTDA SELLING ONLY 14% AT RESEVERVE LEVELS

Tea can kill the coronavirus in saliva, but not for long. If the drink is held in the mouth for 10 seconds, then the virus cannot be found in the saliva sample. However, its particles will be restored within a few minutes. This discovery was made by Japanese scientists.

Summary · Stakeholders are worried that if the current demand by employees of multinationals to increase their wage by 30 per cent is implemented, it will spell doom to a sector that has been raking in billions of shillings annually. · At Sh185 per kilogramme of made tea, Kenya’s cost of production is amongst the highest in the world when compared with other growers of black crush tear and curl (CTC) tea such India where it takes Sh166 to process the same quantity and Sh123 in Malawi.