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Paul Ringera, director of KTDA in the greater Meru region addressing press at imenti tea factory. [Patrick Muthuri/Standard]
The county government and tea factories have agreed to hand over control of a levy charged on the crop to road maintenance committees.
The Kenya Tea Development Agency Meru Zone boss, Paul Ringera, praised Governor Kiraitu Murungi for being open-minded about the spending of tea cess, which has caused friction between county governments and tea farmers countrywide.
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