By TOM MATOKEMore by this AuthorA tea picker was shot dead and two others were seriously injured during a violent confrontation between striking tea factory workers and law enforcement officers in Nandi county Monday night. More than 60 acres of tea plantation was also set ablaze. The officers had stepped in to maintain order among striking workers who had threatened to burn down Kapsumbeiywo Tea Factory. “They regrouped and returned minutes later and set on fire several acres of pruned tea plantation in Kapsumbieywo and Khartoum owned by EPK Tea Company,” he said. Tension is still high in the region with more officers deployed to the region to guard several tea factories and plantations.

Source: Daily Nation December 06, 2016 04:41 UTC