Factories use wood fuel in boilers to produce steam which is then used in tea driers and withering of green leaf.
Tea factories produced 2.0 million kilos of orthodox tea, up from 1.6 million kilos in the previous year
The unit price of KTDA sold teas, for the financial year 2019/2020, fell by 6.8 percent to an average twelve-year low of USD...
Farmers claim that KTDA is offering better returns than multinationals in the area
KTDA MS imports fertilizer on behalf of its over 600,000 smallholder tea farmers who are now set to be impacted by the development
KTDA has been under the spot for failing to pay farmers their dues
Lobby wants forensic audit of KTDA and its subsidiaries since 2000 upto date
Significant amounts of farmers’ money has been lost to buyers who were supplied tea by KTDA and refused or failed to pay.
President Kenyatta has ordered investigations into KTDA officials