By Mandere Onyinkwa The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has raised concern over rising fuel prices and global supply chain disruptions, warning that the pressures are set to significantly reduce tea farmers’ earnings this year. Speaking in Naivasha, KTDA National Chairman Enos Njeru said the surge in fuel costs is already straining the sector and […]

By Mandere Onyinkwa The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has moved to reassure smallholder tea farmers that factories under its management remain financially stable, dismissing social media claims suggesting financial distress and delayed payments as false and misleading. In a statement issued on Friday, KTDA said all factories continue to meet their obligations to farmers […]

By KPC Reporter Directors of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) West of Rift have called for an urgent investigation into privately owned tea companies allegedly flouting industry laws. They said this is undercutting smallholder farmers, even as concerns mount over dwindling tea bonuses across the country. Speaking in Kisumu, KTDA Vice Chairman Omweno Ombasa […]

By KPC Reporter Members of the National Assembly drawn from the West of Rift tea-growing region have accused the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) of corruption and mismanagement following discrepancies in the 2025 tea bonus payments. They now want an ad-hoc committee be formed to investigate the operations agency. Speaking at a press conference in […]

By KPC Reporter President William Ruto has handed over KSh2.65 billion to the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA)—funds recovered from the collapsed Chase Bank and Imperial Bank. The financial institutions had held the savings of thousands of tea farmers. The collapse of the two banks five years ago left over 600,000 smallholder tea growers reeling, […]

By Nyakundi Bw’Otwere Tea stakeholders have voiced their concerns over key provisions in the Tea (Amendment) Bill, 2023, as they seek better market access and fairer pricing. During a stakeholder engagement with the National Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, industry representatives presented their submissions on the proposed amendments to the Tea Act, which aim […]

By Nyang’au Araka Smallholder tea farmers affiliated to the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) will receive fertiliser suspension funds by early next year. KTDA said in a statement said that the funds will paid alongside green leaf payment by 5th January, 2025. The agency had ordered 96.988 Metric Tonnes (MT) of fertiliser for the current […]