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THE STANDARD BUSINESS A tea basket on a tea farm in Tetu, Nyeri. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] Senior management and board members of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) may be headed home as the government kicks off an investigation into the operations of the agency. President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday directed the Attorney General to conduct an inquiry into allegations of statutory and regulatory breaches committed by KTDA, one of the largest tea industry players in Kenya. Among the ills KTDA i...

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THE STANDARD BUSINESS NEWS By Correspondent | February 17th 2021 The High Court in Embu has dismissed with costs an application by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) to be enjoined in a petition challenging sections of the 2020 Tea Act. The court said the AFA no longer has a mandate in the management of tea matters. In a ruling delivered on Monday, High Court Judge Lucy Njuguna said the new Tea Act had conferred tea management mandate to the Tea Board of Kenya, noting that the crop had be...

A section of Ruto’s allies are said to have instructed the two clerks of Parliament to re-channel their monthly subscriptions from Jubilee to the UDA

After Tea Act, Kenya must now enact law on unique products Wednesday February 03 2021 Summary Regardless of the challenges, there is optimism among intellectual property practitioners that Parliament will entertain the enactment of a geographical indication legal framework, which stalled a decade or so ago. A geographic indication is a symbol showing region of source of goods, for example, a town, region, or country that oozes certain quality because of either/or a combination of geographical, ...

Regulator seeks to join case against new tea law Wednesday February 03 2021 By SAM KIPLAGAT Summary More than 50 tea factories from central Kenya have opposed an application by Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) to join a case challenging sections of the Tea Act, which have since been suspended by the High Court. Led by Mungania Tea Factory Company Ltd, they said the regulator has no legal footing to oppose the case since it lacks board members to authorise it. AFA sought to join the case say...

THE STANDARD By Macharia Kamau | January 30th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Agriculture CS Peter Munya [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] The implementation of the Tea Act, 2020 is facing more resistance after 50 tea factory companies were enjoined in a class action constitutional petition challenging sections of the law. The Agriculture ministry argues that implementing the reforms contained in the Act will result in more earnings for farmers. The High Court in Embu on Thursday admitted the 50 addi...

FARMKENYA INITIATIVE Crop By Macharia Kamau | January 25th 2021 at 08:40:00 GMT +0300 Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives CS Peter Munya says reforms will increase earnings. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] The Tea Act, 2020 is facing fresh headwinds after three separate High Court orders suspended the implementation and execution of several key provisions of the new law. This was after they were challenged by various industry players. The Act was assented to by President Uhuru K...

THE STANDARD By Fredrick Obura | January 25th 2021 at 16:04:14 GMT +0300 Agriculture CS Peter Munya (PHOTO: FILE) NAIROBI, KENYA: The government has opened the window for public comments on the draft tea (payment) regulations and tea (levy) regulations. This follows coming into effect of the Tea Act 2020 on January 11. The drafting of the regulations is the culmination of reforms aimed at addressing the challenges currently facing the tea industry with a view to re-positioning towards sustain...

THE STANDARD By Fredrick Obura | January 25th 2021 at 16:04:14 GMT +0300 Agriculture CS Peter Munya (PHOTO: FILE) NAIROBI, KENYA: The government has opened the window for public comments on the draft tea (payment) regulations and tea (levy) regulations. This follows coming into effect of the Tea Act 2020 on January 11. The drafting of the regulations is the culmination of reforms aimed at addressing the challenges currently facing the tea industry with a view to re-positioning towards sustain...