Expect better bonus earnings next year, Agriculture CS tells anxious tea farmers

A farmer plucks tea leaves at Tukiamwana in Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has announced a raft of measures that he says will lead to improved tea earnings by next year.

The measures, Munya said, include transporting tea through the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) beginning next month, constructing a laboratory facility in Mombasa to promote a quality driven market and fast-tracking the completion of Nairobi Inland Container Depot (ICD) to reduce tea storage costs.