Tea

Agriculture Minister Mutahi Kagwe has assured tea farmers that the new 0.8 percent export tax will not reduce their earnings.

2. april 2026 Rapportert av AI

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has unveiled a government plan to raise smallholder tea farmers' earnings from Ksh59 per kilogram in 2022 to Ksh100 by 2027. He announced it in Embu on Thursday during the release of the 2025 Kenya Tea Industry Performance Report. The initiative includes a Ksh3.7 billion concessional loan for factory upgrades.