Small scale farmers to elect tea factory directors
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- Published on Tuesday, 08 January 2013 10:39
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 7 – Thousands of small -scale tea farmers across the country who are affiliated to Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect directors for their factory companies.
About 190,000 farmers out of a total of 560,000 who are the shareholders will elect two directors from each of the 54 factory companies, making a total of 108 seats being contested.
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Pepsi switches on Nairobi soft drinks production plant
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- Published on Friday, 04 January 2013 07:27
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Global soft drinks giant PepsiCo has started local production of its brands, raising the competition bar for Coca- Cola, which has dominated the Kenyan market for decades.
The company has been relying on imported drinks after making a re-entry into the Kenyan market in 2010 following an exit in the 1970s.
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Kenya: Flower Farm Workers Pay Set to Increase
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- Published on Monday, 31 December 2012 09:13
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The minimum salary for flower farm workers in the country is expected to rise to Sh10,000 per month if parliament passes the miscellaneous amendment on the labor institution act.
This would also see the working conditions for the thousands of workers change if thenew salaries are set.
House team clears sale plan for Hilton and InterCon hotels
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- Published on Monday, 31 December 2012 11:41
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Two leading global hotel chains have been cleared to acquire substantial interests in the Hilton and InterContinental hotels in Nairobi.
The green light follows a proposal by the Treasury to give the Hilton Group of Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Corporation and other shareholders in the establishments priority in buying the shares being offloaded by the Kenya Tourist Development Corporation.
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Kenya Q3 growth rate picks up on agriculture boost
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:22
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NAIROBI: Kenya’s economy expanded by 4.7 percent in the third quarter of this year from 4 percent in the same period last year, boosted by agriculture and manufacturing, the statistics office said on Monday.
On a seasonally-adjusted basis, east Africa’s biggest economy grew by 2.2 percent in the third quarter, up from 0.5 percent in the second.
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