BAT payout to tobacco farmers rises to Sh1.1 billion

The British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya Industrial Area plant in Nairobi. 

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Tobacco farmers contracted by BAT Kenya earned Sh1.12 billion in the year ended December 2024, marking a 17.4 percent increase from the year before when the company paid them Sh954 million.

The company buys most of its tobacco leaf from farmers in Meru and Western Kenya, with the raw product used to manufacture cigarettes for the local and export markets.

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