TEA NEWS #tea market

- A court has suspended 14 sections of the Tea Act, 2020. • The law will allow the government to audit KTDA and its affiliate companies to establish how farmers' money is used. • Kenya Tea Sector Lobby chairperson Irungu Nyakera on Sunday said KTDA seeks to delay implementation of reforms through court cases.

A worker’s union has lost a 10-year fight to prevent multinational Unilever from using tea plucking machines.The High Court on Thursday ruled that the tea firm is within its rights to adopt new technologies in its operations.

More than 50 tea factories from central Kenya have opposed an application by Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) to join a case challenging sections of the Tea Act

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Agricultural firm Sasini Plc reduced its workforce by 1,364 in the year ended September, marking one of the largest job cuts by a Kenyan listed company during the Covid-19 pandemic era.

The Employment and Labour Relations court has ordered a tea factory in Kisii to pay a casual worker Sh3.2 million for injuries suffered following an accident within its premises seven years ago.

Farmers allied to the Makomboki tea factory in Murang’a County are accusing Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) of opposing implementation of Tea Act 2020.

Thousands of tea pickers are likely to lose their jobs after the High Court cleared a tea company's move to mechanise tea picking.

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The agency started the tendering process for the supply NPK 26:5:5 fertiliser usually shipped from overseas countries a week ago. KTDA fertiliser sale to farmers delayed

Lower prices The irony of this unfriendly tax regime is that we have imported Kenyan teas in our retail outlets

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