Meru, Embu factories top Mt Kenya bonus as rates drop by over Sh10

A worker at Chinga Tea Factory in Nyeri goes about her business. [Kibata Kihu/Standard]

Tea farmers in Mt Kenya region are unhappy with reports that their annual bonus payments will drop by more than Sh10 compared to what they earned last year.

Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) chairman Peter Kanyago said this year’s payout would on average be 30 per cent lower.