BAT cuts contracted farmers’ pay to five-year low

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

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Earnings for farmers contracted by British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya have dropped at the fastest pace in more than five years largely on falling production, the firm says in its latest annual filing to shareholders.

BAT Kenya says payment to its contracted leaf farmers dropped 21.17 percent to Sh946 million last year, down from Sh1.2 billion in 2021.

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