Kenya’s tea industry risks losing its’ aroma in the global market

Kenya’s tea competitiveness in the world market faces serious risk as a result of the persistent and often destructive industrial unrest which has plagued the industry in the past two years.

Workers in the commercial tea plantation sector went on a prohibited strike on the October 18, which lasted for three weeks up to November 7 when the Employment Courts ordered the Union leadership to call off the trike that had been pushing for negotiation of the 2016-2017 CBA and the implementation of the 2014-2015 CBA award by the Employment and Labour Relations Court in June 2016 of (15 per cent each year) which is still under contestation at the Court of Appeal.