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KTDA suspends staff travel, training amid outcry over shrinking farmer bonuses

Sacco ReviewOctober 28, 202503 mins

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…

Embu Tea farmers decry this years’ lower bonus payment

Sacco ReviewNovember 17, 2021November 17, 202103 mins

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…