High labour costs push tea firms into profit warnings

A worker at a tea estate in Nandi Hills. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Plantation firms Kapchorua Tea and Williamson Tea have joined a growing number of firms issuing profit warnings this year, citing high labour costs amid lower tea earnings.

Troubled Pan-African housing financier Shelter Afrique has also issued a profit alert, indicating that its earnings will be hit by provisioning for bad debts.

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