BAT Kenya has raised its spending on a kilogramme of tobacco to nearly Sh200 amid the sustained drop in the number of contracted farmers, pointing to its latest strategy to sustain the raw material for cigarettes.
The latest disclosures show the cigarette maker raised the pay per kilogramme by five percent to Sh198.75 in the financial year ended December 2023 (compared to Sh189.2 the prior year), even as the number of contracted farmers fell below 2,000 for the first time in years.
