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THE STANDARD By Macharia Kamau | January 8th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300   Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives Cabinet Secretary Hon Peter Munya. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] The Ministry of Agriculture has given the tea sector a month to get ready to start selling all local produce at the Mombasa auction as it starts implementing the Tea Act, 2020. The Act that was enacted last month requires all Kenyan tea meant for export, except for speciality teas, to be sold at the auction to improve transparency and boost earnings for farmers. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Muny...

THE STANDARD By Wainaina Wambu | December 29th 2020 at 10:10:46 GMT +0300 Agriculture CS Peter Munya (PHOTO: Wilberforce Okwiri) It has been a busy year for Kenya’s tea sector, marked by the push for radical reforms.  The landmark was last week’s signing into law of the Senate’s Tea Bill, 2018 by President Uhuru Kenyatta, a turning point for the industry. Tea is one of Kenya’s top three foreign exchange earners, contributing about four per cent of gross domestic product.  But for the majority of farmers, especially the smallholders, there is nothing much to show for it. This has p...