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Long queues at banks as tea farmers check their KTDA bonus

Sacco ReviewOctober 13, 202605 mins

Tea farmers flocked to banks and Saccos to confirm their 2025/2026 KTDA bonus payments. Bonus rates varied across factories, with growers expressing mixed reactions over the amounts received. Farmers urged factory boards to improve tea quality, reduce costs and secure better bonus rates next year. Tea growers moved to the banks to confirm the amount…

KTDA to pay 700,000 tea farmers annual bonus this week

Sacco ReviewOctober 12, 202604 mins

More than 700,000 tea farmers are set to receive their annual bonus alongside September earnings. Individual factories will determine their own second-payment rates under a new approach to bonus declarations. Differences in tea prices, production costs and growing conditions continue to shape what farmers earn across regions. More than 700,000 small-scale tea farmers are due…

KTDA pushes for more local consumption of Kenyan tea

Sacco ReviewSeptember 12, 202604 mins

KTDA urges greater local consumption of value-added Kenyan tea. Public institutions asked to buy and serve local tea. Move aims to help farmers earn more through value addition. The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) is pushing for greater consumption of locally value-added Kenyan tea, a move aimed at helping farmers earn more from the crop….