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KTDA chairman Kanyago's position in limbo as farmers elect new directors

Tea farmers defy court order, proceed to elect new office holders

FARMKENYA INITIATIVE Small-holder tea farmers in parts of Mt Kenya region held elections despite a court order suspending such polls in all the 54 Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) tea factories. The High Court had suspended an executive order issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta on March 12, directing the Tea Board of Kenya to conduct elections in all KTDA tea factories within 60 days. However, tea farmers in Nyeri, Kirinyaga, and Embu counties went ahead with the elections barely a week after Murang’a County elected new directors. In Nyeri County, four out of the five tea factories - Gitugi, Iriaini, Ragati and Gathuthi - held elections, with the farmers picking six directors in each factory to represent their interests.

Tea farmers defy court order and elect new office holders

Tea farmers defy court order and elect new office holders

THE STANDARD BUSINESS NEWS Anne Wairimu delivers her green tea leaves at Mukarara Tea Buying Center in Tetu, Nyeri, on February 16, 2021. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] Small-holder tea farmers in parts of Mt Kenya region held elections despite a court order suspending such polls in all the 54 Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) tea factories. The High Court had suspended an executive order issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta on March 12, directing the Tea Board of Kenya to conduct elections in all KTDA tea factories within 60 days. However, tea farmers in Nyeri, Kirinyaga, and Embu counties went ahead with the elections barely a week after Murang’a County elected new directors. In Nyeri County, four out of the five tea factories - Gitugi, Iriaini, Ragati and Gathuthi - held elections, with the farmers picking six directors in each factory to represent their interests.

KDF Soldier Lured School-going Relative To A Lodging And Defiled Her, Court Hears

KDF Soldier Lured School-going Relative To A Lodging And Defiled Her, Court Hears A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF soldier based in Embakasi, Nairobi was Wednesday, January 6, arraigned before a Nyeri court for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl in Kiriaini town. Chief Magistrate Mathias Okuche heard that the military officer – Martin Wanjii Kabura – had promised to drive the form one minor to school in Othaya but instead made a detour to a lodging in Kiriaini and defiled her. “The suspect abruptly made a stop-over at Kiriaini market where he booked into a room at around mid-day and defiled the schoolgirl. After the ordeal, he bundled the girl into the car and sped off towards her school,” a police report stated.