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A number of violent incidents occurred during the strike. Striking workers confronted and in some cases assaulted other workers who were not part of the strike. A plantation manager's house was destroyed at one estate, and a truck was set alight at another.
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companies, but not by UTK, which argued that wages in Kenya were already higher than in other tea-producing countries in Africa. The KPAWU announced that it would take legal action against UTK unless the wage increase was implemented by 20 September 2007.
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