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Kenyan prosecutors have said they will investigate accusations of sexual abuse on tea estates that were highlighted in a 蜜芽传媒 undercover investigation. The director of public prosecutions described the allegations, which included rape and deliberate transmission of HIV, as grave.

The 蜜芽传媒 found more than seventy women had been abused by their managers at plantations in Kericho County operated by two British firms, Unilever and James Finlay.

James Finlay & Co said it immediately suspended two managers named in the report and it was investigating whether its Kenyan operation has "an endemic issue with sexual violence", the company added. Unilever said it was "deeply shocked and saddened" by the allegations. The company sold its operation in Kenya while the 蜜芽传媒 was secretly filming.

Newsday's reporter in Nairobi, Akisa Wandera, explains why a lack of job opportunities in the country makes it easier for managers to coerce or force their employees into sex.

"One woman was reportedly infected with HIV by her supervisor, while others said they fell pregnant in the process. Tea is a major cash crop that is grown here in Kenya, so companies are making big profits off the back of women who are sexually exploited in these tea farms."

(Photo credit: 蜜芽传媒. Image shows: Some female workers on tea farms said they have no choice but to give into sexual demands of their bosses)

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