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By Correspondent | February 17th 2021
The High Court in Embu has dismissed with costs an application by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) to be enjoined in a petition challenging sections of the 2020 Tea Act.
The court said the AFA no longer has a mandate in the management of tea matters.
In a ruling delivered on Monday, High Court Judge Lucy Njuguna said the new Tea Act had conferred tea management mandate to the Tea Board of Kenya, noting that the crop had been delinked from the Crops Act – under which AFA is established.
“The Tea Act 2020 establishes the Tea Board of Kenya. Section five (of the Act) thereof provides for the functions of the Board, and a reading of the said section clearly indicates that all matters to do with regulation of tea industry has been bestowed on the Tea Board. She said the transitional clauses show all the assets, liabilities and staff initially under the Agriculture and Food Authority were transferred to t