Audio By Vocalize Tea farmers protest low bonus payouts and demand tax cuts to boost earnings. [File, Standard] Tea farmers across the country trooped to banks and savings and credit co-operative societies (Saccos) to confirm and withdraw their annual bonus payments yesterday, even as growers in Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties protested low payouts and called for the scrapping of taxes blamed for eroding their earnings. The payments for the 2025/2026 financial year varied widely across tea factories, ranging from Sh12 to Sh50 per kilogramme of green leaf, triggering mixed reactions among farmers who had hoped for better returns from…