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By Boniface Gikandi | March 8th 2021 at 09:00:00 GMT +0300
A tea farmer affiliated to Gathuthi Tea Factory after delivering his produce at Ndugamano Tea Buying Collection Centre. Farmers earnings are set to increase following the review of their monthly payments. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]
Tea farmers affiliated to Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) in the Mt Kenya region will get a payout of Sh21 per kilogramme of green leaf up from Sh16 that has been paid in the last three years.
Already factories in the east of Rift Valley have informed their growers of the new amount following the government directive that they get 50 per cent of their earnings on a monthly basis.
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By Nderitu Gichure | February 12th 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300
Jane Wambui plucks tea leaves at Wamagana Village in Tetu, Nyeri County on January 13, 2016.
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has dismissed claims it has been using farmers hard-earned money to set up eight of its subsidiary companies. In a statement, the agency said no money from farmers had been used to set up the entities. It said the subsidiaries were established using external funds from local and international financial institutions.
The new entities include KTDA Management Services, KTDA Power, Greenland Fedha, Kenya Tea Packers Ltd, Chai Trading Company Limited, Majani Insurance Brokers, Tea Machinery & Engineering Company Ltd, and KTDA Foundation.
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A tea farmer affiliated to Gathuthi Tea Factory after delivering his produce at Ndugamano tea collection Center. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has raised concerns on some provisions of the new Tea Act 2020.
This is even as KTDA acknowledged that the new law opened a new chapter for the development of the tea sub-sector and proved beneficial to the smallholder tea farmer.
“However, like most novelties, it contains provisions that offer conflicting indications, and whose impact will vary depending on the role played across the tea value chain,” cautioned Alfred Njagi, Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Management Services, Managing Director in a statement.