Mini Bonus payout beckons tea farmers

Moses Mwangi plucks tea leaves at  his Tea farm in Tetu, Nyeri County, on February 13, 2018. [Photo by Kibata Kihu/Standard]

Tea factories in Meru, Murang’a, and Kiambu have declared interim dividend payments at a flat rate of Sh5 per kilo for produce delivered between July and December last year.

The payments to be effected at the end of April are popularly known as mini-bonus and are usually regarded as second term fees provision for the farming community.