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Windfall for tea farmers as KTDA releases Sh5.5b

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi, Chairman KTDA David Ichoho, CEO Wilson Muthaura after a press briefing. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has announced payment of Sh5.5 billion to tea farmers to be paid as an early bonus.

Mr Linturi also explained that the money being paid out by the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) to farmers is not a loan.

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