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Tea Farmers to hold fresh KTDA elections following government directive
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Tea farmers will once again hold elections to select (Kenya Tea Development Agency) KTDA directors, following the nullification of the fraudulent election of KTDA factory directors in 2019, through the action of 3 tea farmers who took the matter to court.
Following the signing of The Tea Bill into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta early this year, over 600,000 tea farmers in Kenya were reassured of radical policy and structural reforms to the tea sector. The new law now assures farmers of better returns through the purging of cartels and middlemen, overhauling old and tired leadership at KTDA and factories, and forcing KTDA to focus on marketing and value addition.
How geographical branding can lift Kenya’s tea industry
Tuesday February 09 2021
By ROBERT KETER
Summary
The recent enactment of the Tea Bill into law came as a relief to farmers, some of whom had lost hope in the future of the industry.
For the proponents of the Bill, it was certainly a win. But all is not lost for its opponents as there is still room to review and make amendments where necessary.
The law has sparked discussions on many issues that had been put in the back burner including the geographical brand of Kenya teas, price stabilisation, minimum price for green leaf, and marketing tea as a brand
THE STANDARD By
Wainaina Wambu |
December 29th 2020 at 10:10:46 GMT +0300
Agriculture CS Peter Munya (PHOTO: Wilberforce Okwiri)
It has been a busy year for Kenya’s tea sector, marked by the push for radical reforms.
The landmark was last week’s signing into law of the Senate’s Tea Bill, 2018 by President Uhuru Kenyatta, a turning point for the industry.
Tea is one of Kenya’s top three foreign exchange earners, contributing about four per cent of gross domestic product.
But for the majority of farmers, especially the smallholders, there is nothing much to show for it.
This has prompted interventions from the government with Uhuru pledging to ensure that tea farmers return to good earnings and have control of their crop.
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