Tea farmers in talks over management of Sh25 million

Tea farmers pluck their tea leaves at Tetu in Nyeri County on June 6,2017.Tea farmers are slowly recovering from prolonged dry spell that hit the region since last year. [Photo:Kibata Kihu/standard]

Directors of six tea factories were yesterday holed up in a meeting with the county officials on how to manage Sh25 million collected from the abolished 'ad valorem levy' for road maintenance.

The directors want the factories to manage the funds with the county government only playing an oversight role. But the devolved unit officials want a bigger say in how the money is used.