tea farmers Stories
A parliamentary inquiry reveals significant divisions among Rift Valley tea producers regarding pricing and bonuses, highlighting demands for fair rep...
The directive follows an earlier advisory issued on November 10, cautioning that macadamia harvested within that timeframe will not be cleared for exp...
Kagwe argued that conventional lending models and donor interventions often fail because they do not address the realities farmers face on the ground.
KeNHA noted that transporters have increasingly been stacking sugarcane beyond permissible height limits, with nighttime movement further raising the...
Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh said the audit will specifically target employees whose earnings appear disproportionate to their farm size...
Speaking during a high-level meeting with industry stakeholders, including Macadamia Association of Kenya Chairperson Jane Maigua, Kagwe was told that...
Ruto said that over 7.1 million farmers are now registered on the Kenya Integrated Agricultural Management Information System(KIAMIS), up from fewer t...
Farmers explained that most KTDA board members come from the eastern tea-growing regions, and they believe this has a direct impact on decision-making...
On Tuesday, two separate teams visited factories in both the western and eastern Rift to gather first-hand data and compare practices, focusing on fac...
From its beginnings in the 1960s as a makeshift settlement for migrant laborers, Kiandutu is now transforming into a thriving community with land titl...
In Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, this is already happening. Pastoralists there can now access index-based livestock insurance through the DRI...
Central to the inquiry is how tea prices are determined and why farmers in some areas receive higher bonuses than others.
The move comes as part of ongoing efforts to revive the sugar industry and safeguard the livelihoods of thousands of workers and farmers across the su...
The Kenya Sugar Board said the registration will help enhance traceability, tighten quality control and curb the sale of adulterated sugar in the mark...
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), factories produced 406,807 tonnes of sugar during the period, compared to 541,681 tonnes...
The KTDA boss noted that the ongoing short rains had slightly slowed down offloading operations, but the association is collaborating closely with the...
Aid continues to enter Gaza, with more than 300 truckloads of supplies collected from the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing between Friday...
KTDA management said the move aligns with the group’s ongoing priorities on governance, compliance and cost management.
The employees, from South Nyanza (Sony), Chemelil, Muhoroni, and Nzoia sugar companies, say discussions over their terminal benefits and other entitle...
Farmers have voiced strong concerns about price disparities between the East and West Tea Blocks, questionable expenditures, excessive sitting allowan...
The legislators said more than 700,000 farmers have been short-changed despite their hard work in producing world-class tea.
Across villages in Taveta and beyond, sunflower growers who once struggled to find reliable markets or suffered heavy post-harvest losses now see a br...
The embargo, which has persisted since March, has left tea farmers, traders and exporters grappling with unfulfilled contracts and threatened liveliho...
In a letter dated October 3, 2025, addressed to Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua, Cotu Secretary-General Francis Atwoli said the union would not...
This is despite pushback from millers who argue that the levy will increase their financial burden.
In the East of the Rift, Kiambu fetched Sh371 per kilo, down by 46 shillings; Murang’a earned Sh376, a drop of 42; Nyeri earned Sh388, down by 42; Kir...
The High Court in Mombasa ruled that AFA must not award the 250,000-tonne rice quota to any private party outside the lawful tender process.
Those carrying out the attacks were mostly criminal groups, although incidents involving state security forces were also recorded.
Speaking during the opening of the 2025 A.S.K. Central Kenya National Show at Kabiruini Showgrounds in Nyeri, Kagwe attributed the bumper harvest to t...
Many of the county’s more than 5,200 coffee growers abandoned their plantations between 2017 and 2018 after years of poor earnings, pest attacks, and...
