30,000 tea pluckers in five regions get 12 per cent salary increment

Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli (Right) with the Kenya Tea Growers Association (KTGA) CEO Apollo Kiarii addressing the press at his office in Nakuru on November 1, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Tea growers in five regions have signed a Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) with the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union (KPAWU) that will see a 12 per cent wage increase for workers.

The growers under the Kenya Tea Growers Association (KTGA) finalised the 2020-2021 CBA, which has effectively increased the wages of some 30,000 workers in plantations in Nandi, Kericho, Bomet, Nyamira, and Limuru regions.