Levy row brewing over tea plucking machines

A worker uses a tea plucking machine in Nandi Hills to harvest the produce. file photo | nmg

A row has erupted between Nandi County government and multi-national companies over plans to introduce taxes on tea plucking machines to protect jobs for thousands of workers in the industry.

Some companies are opposed to the levies terming them punitive and aimed at locking them out of business due to escalating production costs.

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