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Stalled Sh960 million Kiptere tea factory project to resume in April

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Kiptere tea farmers lawyer addresses the press at Kiptere tea banda. [Kiprono Kurgat, Standard]

Construction of the stalled Kiptere Tea Factory in Kericho County will resume in April.

The Sh960 million factory will be a satellite facility to the mega Momul Tea Factory, which was commissioned in 2002 as a two-line factory with a capacity of 15 million kilogrammes of green leaf.

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