KERICHO, Kenya — Kenyan tea pickers are destroying machines brought in to replace them during violent protests that highlight the challenge faced by workers as more agribusiness companies rely on ...

Farmer John Tanui uses a motor-driven tea leaf picker at his farm in Kosirai, Chesumei constituency in Nandi County. He says the machine is more effective than old-age manual picking using hands.

There is widespread panic among tea pickers in Meru after the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) conducted several meetings at the tea buying centres to introduce new picking machines. Manual tea ...