Government blames global market for low tea bonuses, unveils quality lab plan

Agriculture PS Dr. Paul Kipronoh Ronoh responds to queries when he appeared before the National Assembly Agriculture and Livestock Committee on the 2025 Budget Policy Statement at Parliament on February 21, 2025. [File, Standard]

This year’s lower payments in tea bonuses were largely influenced by external market dynamics, Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Paul Kipronoh Ronoh has said.

He made the remarks against the backdrop of concerns raised on the recently declared final green leaf payments for the 2024/25 financial year by Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) factories, even as he said that its disbandment is not the solution.