KTDA Chirman David Ichochi Muni
By: Waithaka Kariuki
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has dispatched money to banks to smallholder tea farmers for the green leaf they delivered last month. The agency said farmers should be able to access the money from today.
Farmers are to receive Sh2.47 billion being payment for 120 million kilogrammes of green leaf delivered to KTDA-managed factories. The payment which was slightly delayed by a system hitch which has since been rectified follows Sh5.5 billion payment made last month for the mini-bonus and December 2022 green leaf deliveries.
The financial boost comes at a time the farmers have lauded the ongoing tea reforms and called on government to fast-track the enactment more changes to revive the once lucrative sub-sector.
Farmers from Kiambu, Murang’a, Kericho and Kisii counties said the reforms have improved their earnings, increased transparency in the management of tea affairs and given previously marginalized groups a voice. This stamp of approval comes barely a month after President William Ruto tasked his Deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, with overseeing reforms in the tea, coffee and milk sub-sectors.
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