Tea bonus falls to Ksh.27.6 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) managed tea factories have declared a Ksh.27.6 billion second and final payment to tea farmers for the year end...

Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) , Tea bonus

High Court paves way for KTDA-managed factories to hold elections

By Citizen Reporter,

54 tea factories of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Limited can now proceed and hold director elections. This after the High Court...

KTDA , tea factories

Governors oppose proposed tea sector reforms, threaten to move to court

By Kepha Muiruri,

Governors from tea growing areas have rejected new sector proposals by the Ministry of Agriculture lamenting the side-lining of the devolved units in ...

Council of Governors (CoG) , Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) , Peter Munya , Tea

Court blocks implementation of Munya’s gazette notice for tea reforms committee

By Citizen Reporter,

The High Court in Nairobi on Friday issued orders stopping the implementation of a Gazette Notice by Agriculture CS Peter Munya. CS Munya sought to...

KTDA , Munya

Court dismisses petition challenging election of new KTDA officials

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court in Nairobi on Thursday dismissed a petition challenging the election of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) officials. The peti...

high court , Justice Weldon Korir , KTDA , Lawyer Ben Milimo

Uhuru goes after KTDA directors to save tea farmers

By Kepha Muiruri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the Agriculture Ministry and the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) to strip off roles of Kenya Tea Development...

2019 , Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) , Tea Regulations , teas sector in Kenya

Uhuru orders Treasury to release Ksh.500M for buying excess milk

By Francis Gachuri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed Treasury to release Ksh. 500million to buy all excess milk and turn it to powder milk. Speaking on Tuesday in...

milk imports

Six senior KTDA officers fined for disobeying court orders

By Agnes Oloo,

Six senior officials from the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) have been fined Ksh.400,000, failure to which they risk a seven month jail term for ...

KTDA

Kenya, U.S. sign deals worth Ksh.10B in trade summit

By PSCU,

Kenya Government officials, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta, have negotiated deals worth Ksh.10 billion at a trade conference in Nairobi. A 60-memb...

gilbert kaplan

Smallscale tea farmers forecast 10pc output jump

By Reuters,

Tea production by small-scale farmers in Kenya is expected to jump 10 percent in the year to the end of June, as output recovers from a drought that h...

better production , Drought , Kenya Tea Development Agency , KTDA , Lerionka Tiampati , loans , microfinance , small scale tea farmers , Tea

OMBEKO: Gov’t should not take back control of tea sector

By Citizen,

There is a current push to take back control of the tea sector to the government, both in the county and nationally. County governments, Senate and...

cotton , export , farmers , KTDA , parliament , pyrethrum , shareholder , sisal , tea sector

Tea fertilizer prices rise on high production costs

By Wangui Ngechu,

Smallholder tea farmers are set to have their input costs rise in the next season as the cost of fertilizer is set to go up. In new prices release ...

agriculture , Counties , crude oil , Drought , fertilizer , high production costs , Kenya Tea Development Agency , kiambu , muranga , smallholder farmers , Tea

Governor Ruto alleges plot to grab leased land

By Citizen Team,

Bomet County Governor Isaac Ruto has alleged a plot by Jubilee leaders to grab land under plantations in his county and neighbouring Kericho County af...

Bomet County. , Isaac Ruto , Land grabbing , Land leasing , tea farming

Tea farmers benefit from subsidized fertilizer

By Citizen,

Smallholder tea farmers are set to make a saving this year following a 35 percent drop in fertilizer costs. A 50 kilogram bag of fertilizer will dr...

better prices , farmers , fertilizer , KTDA , smallholder tea farmers , subsidized fertilizer , Tea , tea auction , tea factories , tea production

Big Chase Bank depositors set for meeting

By Citizen,

Chase Bank’s large depositors are set to meet to discuss the way forward in accessing their funds. In a notice issued by their lawyer KN Associat...

African Trade Insurance Agency , Central Bank of Kenya , chase bank , Dr. Patrick Njoroge , KCB , KDIC , Kenya Ports Authority , Kenya Tea Development Agency , KN Associates LLP , large depositors , receivership , United Nations Sacco

Tea farmers earnings rise to Sh84bn

By Reuters,

Small-scale Kenyan tea farmers saw their revenue surge 32 percent to a record Sh84 billion in the year to June as strong demand pushed up prices and a...

exchange rate , farming , KTDA , Lerionka Tiampati , Tea , Tea bonus , tea farmers

KTDA seeks protection for Ksh 3b in Imperial Bank

By Michael Karanja,

The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has moved to court in an effort to stop the possible liquidation of Imperial Bank. KTDA has Ksh 2.9 billio...

CBK , imperial bank , Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation , KTDA , protection , Sh3b

Kenya earned Sh125b from tea last year

By Michael Karanja,

Kenya earned Sh125.5 billion from tea exports, a 23 percent increase from the Sh101 billion raked in from the sector in 2014. Data from the Tea Dir...

export business , farming , tea earnings

Tea Farmers Go To The Polls

By Citizen,

KUSSTO Issues Strike Notice

By Citizen,

The union says that the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) failed to turn-up at a meeting they had called to discuss the demands of tea growers inclu...

Anne Muchiri , citizen news , Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) , Kenya Union of Small Scale Tea Growers (KUSSTO) , strike notice