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Tea factories declare lower bonuses for the 2025/2026 season Farmer payouts vary widely across factories Some factories announce bonuses of less than Ksh 20 per kilo Tea farmers are set to receive a low bonus in the month following the declaration of the much awaited payment for the 2025/2026 year. The payment reflects a reduction…
Tea farmers could receive lower bonuses due to weak export sales. KTDA blames the 0.8 per cent export levy for reducing demand for Kenyan tea. The agency wants the government to scrap the levy to protect farmers’ earnings. Tea farmers across the country could receive lower bonus payouts this year due to challenges affecting tea…
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has suspended all staff travel, off-site meetings, and training activities across its subsidiaries in a sweeping cost-cutting directive aimed at tightening governance and responding to mounting pressure over reduced farmer bonuses. In an internal memo, dated October 21, 2025, the agency circulated to all general managers, department heads, and…
By Kamundia Muriithi Tea farmers in Embu County have decried the drop in Bonus payments as they blamed the same to poor management and dragging of implementation of reforms in the Tea sector. The Farmers, who received their awaited 2020-21 bonus at a lower rate, said their dues should have been higher compared to last…
