Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Dar es Salaam. It will be a historic milestone today when Tanzania holds its first ever tea auction.
The Citizen has learnt that apart from slashing costs borne by traders, who had to travel all the way to the Kenyan port city of Mombasa where Tanzanian tea was previously auctioned, the Dar es Salaam auction will also ensure that Tanzanian farmers get a fair deal.
