tea News

Tea factories sign power purchase agreements
Four KTDA tea factories, Chebut, Kaptumo, Kapsara, and Mudete, have signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)

Ichoho withdraws court case against KTDA
David Muni Ichoho, the immediate former KTDA Chairman, has withdrawn a suit he had filed

KTDA unveils Mobile app, SMS, and USSD platforms for tea farmers
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has unveiled a mobile application, Short Messaging Service (SMS),

Enos Njeru appointed KTDA Chairman
Enos Njiru Njeru is the new Kenya Tea Development Agency Holdings Limited (KTDA) national chairman

David Ichoho resigns as KTDA Chairman
David Muni Ichoho has resigned as chairman of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings

Kenya eyes more market for tea, coffee and meat in Iran
Kenya will exploit the strong ties it enjoys with Iran to expand trade. President William

Court cases hampering Tea Research Foundation establishment says KALRO Chairman
The operationalization of the Tea Research Foundation is being hampered by the cases in court

Deputy President promises to fully implement proposals to revive the tea sector
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday undertook to oversee full implementation of proposals by tea

KTDA releases dividends to farmers
Smallholder farmers under KTDA management are set to receive a total of Kshs 584,853,000, being

Tea company suspends operations in Kericho as demonstrations escalate
Ekaterra Tea Company (ETK Plc) has suspended its operations in Kericho and Bomet Counties citing

Finlays sells its tea business in Kenya to Sri Lankan firm
Browns Investments PLC has announced that it has reached an agreement with Finlays to purchase its

Embu County factories finalize management agreements with KTDA MS
The board and management of KTDA Management Services Limited (KTDA MS Ltd), a wholly-owned subsidiary

Court dismisses application by ex-KTDA managers to reverse their termination
The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi dismissed an application by two former KTDA

Kenya tea industry performance highlights for the year 2022 and December 2022
Total tea production for the year 2022 in Kenya was lower by 2.79 Million Kgs

Nandi partners with tea factories to maintain roads
The County Government of Nandi has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with tea

KTDA rectifies pay hitch
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) yesterday dispatched money to banks for the green leaf

Kenya tea industry performance highlights for October 2022
Tea production for the month of October 2022 was slightly higher by 1.5 Million Kgs

Kshs. 2.7 Billion mini bonus included in Kshs. 5.5 billion released to tea farmers
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) managed factories have today disbursed Kshs 5.5 billion as

Nyeri County rolls out climate mitigation measures as agriculture is affected
By Kimuri Mwangi As countries came together to take action towards achieving the world’s collective

Nandi unveils taskforce to review multinational companies’ engagements in the tea sub-sector
Nandi Governor Stephen Sang has unveiled a task force that will conduct an extensive review

Kenyan tea to Ghana
President William Ruto has directed the Ministry of Trade to work with stakeholders to develop

Technology speeds up tea payments in KTDA factories
The deployment of SAP (systems, applications and products) software by KTDA and its managed factories

Kenya tea industry performance highlights for May 2022 production
Tea production for the month of May 2022 was enhanced by 4.77 Million Kgs from

Kenya Tea industry performance highlights for April 2022
Tea production in Kenya for the month of April 2022 recorded a drop of 3.12

Tea farmers earn Kshs 62 Billion bonus
The CS Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives Kenya, Hon. Peter Munya has today announced Sh62.89

Kenya tea industry performance highlights for March 2022
Production Tea production for the month of March 2022 was lower by 2.37 Million Kgs

Speciality tea is slowly taking its space in Kenya
By Kimuri Mwangi How many types of tea do you know? There are six types

County starts construction of tea buying centres
Nakuru County has started the construction of five tea buying Centres. The county handed over