State dishonest on tea sector reforms

Workers at Chinga Tea Factory in Othaya. FILE PHOTO | NMG

It’s my prognosis that we may be seeing the last days of the vibrant tea sector in Kenya, thanks to government interference.

The move to privatise Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) in 2000 was strategic to hand the sector to farmers and keep the government at bay but it seems to have found its way back.

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