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...

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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...

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