Bomet tea companies reject draft policy

KENYA: Smallholder tea factory companies have rejected a draft tea policy by the county government. Seven tea companies said the County Tea Policy only targeted factories under the Kenya Tea Development Authority leaving out multi-nationals and those run independently by farmers’ Saccos.

At the same time, the tea companies said the existing legal structure and the roles and responsibilities of both county and national governments in regard to tea, vests the development of agriculture policy in the national government.