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Private tea firms eat into KTDA market share NEWS Silas Njibwakale, the managing director of Kipkebe Tea Company, a subsidiary of agricultural firm Sasini, at of the company’s tea estates in Kisii County. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard] The Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) is facing rising competition from private tea companies for green leaf from its contracted farmers. One such company is Kipkebe Tea Company, a subsidiary of Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed agricultural firm Sasini, which outsourced close to 30 million kilos of green tea from local farmers last year. This helped improve its output and, in turn, recover from a Sh337 million loss it had registered the previous year. ....
THE STANDARD NEWS Monica Oluoch (left) will represent tea farmers at Nyansiongo Tea Factory. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard] The newly-elected Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) directors under the tea reforms reported to their various factories on Monday to cold receptions as senior officials were conspicuously missing. All the six factories in Nyamira County held their elections on April 3, 2021, according to the government’s directive. The immediate officeholders were not allowed to vie, according to the reforms introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture. A spot check across the county revealed that armed police officers patrolled various tea factories to counter any resistance. ....