Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua announced yesterday that the government is now satisfied with the data they have obtained that supports Mt Elgon having the potential to be one of the biggest tea zones in the country.
The deputy president likened the climatic conditions of the area to that of the Mt
Kenya region where a big portion of Kenyan tea is produced.
National assembly speaker Moses Wetangula said that move was timely, having been part of the delegation that had accompanied agriculture CS Mithika Linturi to the area on a fact finding mission at the instruction of president William Ruto.
Tea is one of Kenya's biggest foreign exchange earner, only rivaled by remittances and tourism.
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