Tea companies give SGR wide berth over high transport costs

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Tea companies give SGR wide berth over high transport costs

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Tea companies give SGR wide berth over high transport costs
The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is losing out business from tea firms because of the exorbitant transport rates from Nairobi to Mombasa.

Tea firms, especially the multinationals, have now opted to use road in transporting millions of kilos of tea arguing that it is 60 percent cheaper than using the train...
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