Tea factory staff arrested over manipulated weighing scales Bomet Just now

Five tea factory employees have been arrested and charged over alleged manipulation of weighing scales used to receive green leaf from growers in Konoin in a crackdown over alleged losses.“We have toured various tea buying centres in Konoin sub-county and found after inspection that the clerks are tampering with the weighing scales,” Mr Njane said.“In every 10 kilogrammes, the farmers lose one to two kilogrammes of green leaves,” he said, adding that a lorry transports an average of 300 to 360 gunny bags, each weighing 10 kilogrammes, to factories per trip.