BBC's Expose Uncovers Sexual Abuse Scandal In Kenyan Tea Farms [VIDEO]

"I can't lose my job because I have kids," stated one woman.

"It's torture, he wants to sleep with you then you get a job," said another, when asked about a case she encountered where a divisional manager stopped her job until she agreed to have sex with him.

The feature implicated managers working at multinational tea companies who supervise hundreds of employees hired to pick tea from the vast plantations. One of the women had also disclosed that she was infected with HIV by her supervisor, after being pressured into having sex with him.

To ascertain the claims of sexual abuse within the tea plantations, BBC recruited undercover reporter Katy - not her real name - to pose as a woman who would approach one of the managers, a divisional manager called Jeremiah Koskei, in search of a job. He initially turns down her job offer but after presenting her documents in person, he changed his mind and sent her to induction, still yet to land a job at his company.

Koskei then calls Katy after the induction, congratulating her for making it through before inviting her to a hotel bar in the evening with a mission to pressure her into having sex with him - suggesting they went back to his compound together. This is against his earlier speech about the firm's zero-tolerance policy towards sexual harassment.

With his attempt failing, Koskei tried to coerce her once again to sleep with her, by visiting her at her home, with his tone changing with every rejection.

Katy was then assigned to the weeding team which turns out to be gruelling work- six days a week, and many women ask to be moved. However, the supervisor there offered them lighter duties in exchange for sex.

This is a matter that made her report to the firm's sexual harassment officer, who however told her: "Stand by your principles. Don't give your body in exchange for a job."

In another instance, Katy was invited to a job interview with a recruiter for another multinational tea firm, which however turned out to be in a hotel room.

John Chebochok, who worked on its plantations for more than 30 years, first as an estate manager and then as the owner of a contracting company, had already been flagged as a "predator" by a number of women who spoke to BBC.