Agricultural firm Kakuzi has signed a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that will see its unionisable workers get a pay rise of nine percent this year and a similar hike in 2023.
Leaders say harvesting machines have rendered many tea pluckers jobless. A majority of candidates in Bomet and Kericho counties have promised to deal with the matter if elected.
Agricultural firm Sasini has fully mechanised its tea harvesting, a move that has seen it eliminate the costs it used to incur to pay seasonal tea pickers.