Tea - Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya

Bomet governor assures tea farmers of reliable global opportunities, citing Iran export success

Sacco ReviewOctober 23, 2025October 23, 202504 mins

Bomet Governor, Professor Hillary Barchok, has assured tea farmers of his government’s commitment to securing reliable markets for their produce in the outside countries including Iran. Governor Barchok told the farmers that he has been fighting for the direct sales of the Kenyan tea, something he revealed that he has succeeded and now the farmers…

Joy as Gitwe Tea factory announces 2024/25 bonus payments for Kiambu farmers

Sacco ReviewSeptember 26, 202503 mins

Tea growers in Kiambu County have every reason to celebrate following the announcement of the 2024/25 bonus payments by Gitwe Tea Factory. The announcement was made by the tea factory director David Muni Ichoho. According to Ichoho, the bonus allocations per kilogram of green leaf delivered will be as follows: Theta/Ndarugu Ksh 40, Kambaa Ksh…

Kagwe encourages global investors to package tea in Kenya for market appeal

Sacco ReviewSeptember 11, 202504 mins

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called on global investors to package tea in Kenya for export to guarantee a higher value for their clientele. Speaking at the North America Tea Conference in South Carolina, Kagwe heaped praise on the Kenyan government for expunging taxes on packaging materials for agricultural products, hence making it affordable….

Tea directors tell Agriculture PS to keep off tea factories

Sacco ReviewDecember 3, 202403 mins

Tea directors from Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties have told the Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Rono to keep off and stop meddling with tea factories issues because the government has no powers to interfere with private entities. The directors challenged the authority of Agriculture PS following his recent directives regarding the troubled Miciimikuru Factory. During an…

South Rift leaders appeal to State to waive tea farmers’ debts

Sacco ReviewSeptember 2, 2024September 2, 202403 mins

Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok and his Kericho counterpart Erick Mutai are seeking a debt waiver from the national government to bail out the financially overwhelmed tea industry in the region. Speaking during a meeting held at Bomet hotel with officials from the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) led by newly elected National Vice-Chairman Erick Chepkwony…

Newly elected KTDA directors in Bomet want new tea factories

Sacco ReviewJuly 8, 202403 mins

Directors elected by farmers in the just concluded Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) elections in Bomet County have vowed to ensure at least two new factories are built to decongest existing ones. Rono Kipngeno, representing Ndaraweta Zone and director for Singorwet Zone Robert Rono said there has been delays in the collecting green leaves. Rono…

Tea farmers decry alleged embezzlement, low bonus payments

Sacco ReviewNovember 18, 2023November 18, 202302 mins

Dissatisfied farmers affiliated with Iria-ini Tea Factory have lamented over low bonuses and alleged fund embezzlement by the factory’s management. The farmers suspect extravagant executive expenses and questionable procurement practices. They also complained that the factory is one of the lowest payers in the region, compensating farmers a mere Ksh38 for a kilogram of tea…

Kiamokama Tea Factory decries poaching from rival factories

Sacco ReviewNovember 4, 2023November 4, 202303 mins

The management of Kiamokama Tea Factory in Kisii County has embarked on an ambitious programme to recover millions of kilogrammes of green tea leaves which they have been losing through invasion and poaching by a number of neighbouring companies targeting their farmers. According to the factory’s Board Chairman Richard Obino, the encroachment by their competitors…

Kakamega County to set up tea factory to boost production

Sacco ReviewOctober 14, 2023October 14, 202302 mins

Kakamega county Deputy Governor Ayub Savula has disclosed that the county will put up a tea factory in Shinyalu in line with their campaign manifesto. Speaking in an open forum on Public Private Dialogue (PPD), the deputy governor said the tea factory will help improve the livelihoods of farmers in the region. PPD aims to…

Tea farmers decry low bonus payments

Sacco ReviewOctober 9, 2023October 9, 202302 mins

Dissatisfied farmers affiliated to Iria-ini Tea Factory have lamented over low bonuses and alleged fund embezzlement by the factory’s management. The farmers suspect extravagant executive expenses and questionable procurement practices. They also complained that the factory is one of the lowest payers in the region, compensating farmers a mere Ksh38 for a kilogram of tea…