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Tea sector yet to bear fruits despite reforms, say smallholder farmers

Worker sorting tea leaves at Chinga Tea Factory in Othaya, Nyeri, on December 7, 2022. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

A year after the introduction of tea regulations, confusion has greeted the sector with former Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) directors alleging gross mismanagement of resources.

The former KTDA directors have been holding meetings across the Mt Kenya region citing projects they had started that are now crippled, with the current leadership only interested in holding boardroom meetings.

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