KTDA Chairman Enos Njeru Advises Tea Farmers To Enhance Quality By Avoiding Hawking
KTDA Holdings Board chairman Enos Njeru when he appeared on Inooro TV on Friday
By MKT Correspondent
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) national chairman Enos Njeru has urged farmers to avoid hawking their produce as it affects overall quality.
“Hawking of the produce which is more prevalent in the western region results in deterioration of quality and overall final payments to the farmers”, cautioned the tea agency boss.
According to the board chair whose removal by a section of his colleagues has been stayed by the courts until it is fully determined noted that hawking encourages picking substandard tea leading poor prices.
Farmers, the agency’s boss said needed to vigilantes oversight at all levels of levels and enhance integrity that will result in commensurate returns.
Njeru who was appearing on Inooro TV Show last Friday said that in future monthly payments may be determined by the quality and eventual prices of individual factories doing away with the current standard payments of Ksh25 per kg across all the 71 factories.
“Some factories have the capacity of paying upto Ksh30 per kg unlike the standard Ksh25 paid in the Eastern region and Ksh24 in the western region,” assured Njeru.
He advised factory managements to reduce magegement costs and minimise capital expenditure that in return will enable farmers earn hire bonuses at the end of each season.
The Agency according to the chairman is contemplating delocalising staff for effective extension services devoid of local petty differences that at times erodes efforts of enhancing quality.
Analysing his management’s achievements, Njeru said that they have managed to reduce payment time from when the farmer delivers his produce from 25 days to five.
“Further, monthly payments have been enhanced from KSh15 per kg to a maximum KSh25 currently enjoyed by farmers in the Eastern region and a shilling less in the western region,” affirmed the agency’s chair.
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