Sour outlook spoils party for Kenyan tea and coffee farmers

Farmers deliver tea leaves to Gianchere Tea Buying Centre in Kisii County. Kenyan tea is experiencing its worst prices in six years. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Kenya’s major exports are set for turbulent times ahead.

While data shows that earnings from coffee, horticulture and tea may have withstood some of the initial shocks occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, different forecasts now indicate that the worst is yet to come, with demand and prices of the commodities set to substantially decline.