TEA NEWS

Export to Kenya’s two major markets of Pakistan and Egypt dropped by five per cent to each of the destinations.

Tealand Smallholder Tea Farmers Association Chairman Richard Cheruiyot said this will force KTDA to start paying farmers not less than 50 per cent of their deliveries as monthly payments with the balance being paid as annual bonus.

South Indian Tea Market Report Week: 30

Summary • The agency has also moved to calm fears that farmers will not get their bonuses this year, saying that the decision has not been made. • KTDA has already started informing farmers at the grassroots to prepare for a bad year as part of its stakeholder management.

Summary • The reforms in the tea industry are meant to protect small-scale farmers from exploitation, he added. • The government accuses KTDA directors of protecting cartels and not having the interest of farmers at heart. • Farmers have been calling for an audit of the agency to establish its financial status. • Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has promised an audit of tea factories and measures to save the sector from collapse.

Tea Market Report Sale 29-2020

Part of farmers drawn from 10 tea factories within Murang’a on Thursday alleged that KTDA planned to deduct Ksh 3 per kilo to service its loans.

e price decreased from Ksh240.75 (USD2.25) per kg recorded the same period in 2019 production year.