An official inspects a weighing machine during the operation in Buret, Kericho on September 17, 2-26/COURTESY At least five clerks have been arrested as the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) intensifies inspections of weighing equipment in tea-growing areas across the South Rift following complaints by farmers over alleged manipulation of tea weights at buying centres. The arrests were made during an impromptu operation in Buret, Kericho County. Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Ro

This heritage exhibition shows how passenger goods and parcels were handled on railways before the advent of electronic weighing machines. This machine was built by Henry Pooley & Son, a well-known firm of Liverpool, England Mysuru: A 2,000-kg mechanical weighing machine built in the late 1880s is a new addition to the Mysuru Railway Museum. The platform scale machine was used to weigh passengers' luggage, parcels and heavy goods at the Bangarpet railway station and determine

Kurnool District Collector Dr A Siri has cautioned traders and commission agents involved in cotton procurement that any malpractice in weighing procedures will attract strict legal consequences. She stated that the district administration is committed to ensuring fair practices in cotton trading and will not tolerate any attempt to deceive farmers through manipulation of weighing machines. In a press release on Sunday, the Collector has stated that the Legal Metrology Depart