To Kenya collectors of tea break robots on plantations because of fears to lose work

In a year burned down at least 10 robots, intended for collecting tea. The majority of cars belongs to the producer of Lipton tea. In March the working group in the local government recommended to the tea companies in Kericho to accept a ratio of the mechanized and manual collecting tea as 60:40. Experts also advise to limit import of cars for collecting tea. For the last decade only in Kericho because of mechanization 30 thousand workplaces disappeared. Some cars can replace 100 workers. One robot can reduce the cost of collecting tea to 3 cents for kilogram (11 cents for kilogram at the manual...