Senate passes radical Tea Bill - FarmKenya Initiative
FARMKENYA INITIATIVE News By Wainaina Wambu | December 22nd 2020 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300 A farmer John Tanui uses a motor-driven tea leaf picker at his farm in Nandi County. The law will tighten the management of tea factories owned by smallholder farmers. [Titus Too, Standard] The country’s tea sector is headed for a major overhaul after senators passed the radical Tea Bill. If signed into law, the Bill, a brainchild of Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot, will clip the powers of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) and revive the Kenya Tea Board. Tea is Kenya’s third-largest foreign exc...
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