Drought-Hit Kenyans Find Gold in Tea Trees

"Marketing maize is a headache. The prices fluctuate from time to time and farmers end up making losses," according to Alice Wanja, at her quarter-acre tea tree farm at Sweet Waters.

Tea farmers routinely complain that bureaucracy in the industry curbs their earnings.

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