Packed tea ready for dispatch to the Mombasa auction. Photo/courtesy

Mombasa tea auction sales dip as new levy bite

Smallholder tea sales at the Mombasa Tea Auction fell to 128.6 million kg from 138.8 million kg a year earlier. Exporters blame the new Ksh 2.28 per kg tea levy for reducing demand from international buyers. TBK says the levy will fund tea price stabilisation, research and sector infrastructure. Smallholder tea factories sold 128,554,359kgs of…

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KTDA compensates Nyeri flood victims with Ksh12,1 million

KTDA pays KSh12.1 million to Nyeri families hit by Gura Canal Floods

The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has disbursed Sh12.1 million in compensation to 44 families in Gituagi Village, Nyeri County, whose homes and crops were destroyed when the Gura Hydro Canal collapsed during the recent long‑rain season. Speaking during the compensation announcement, Gura Hydro Power Project Chairman Wambugu Mukundi said the community had embraced the…

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KTDA partners with KIPPRA to overhaul policy frameworks and boost sector competitiveness

The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) to review and update its institutional policy framework, a move aimed at strengthening governance and competitiveness in the tea sector. The collaboration was formalized during a meeting at Majani Plaza in Nairobi…

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President Ruto when he launched Chai Gold, the flagship tea brand of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) for the international market at Ketepa Grounds in Kericho County on Wednesday, June 19. Photo courtesy

Government allocates KSh1 billion for construction of tea branding centres

The government will allocate KSh1 billion to the construction of two value addition and branding centres for Kenyan tea, President Williams Ruto has said. Speaking when he launched Chai Gold, the flagship tea brand of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) for the international market at Ketepa Grounds in Kericho County on Wednesday, June 19,…

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