Tea Summit: Farmers want second auction set up outside Mombasa

Elgeiyo Marakwet governor Wesley Rotich, Kericho Governor Eric Mutai, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua,Roads CS Kipchumba Murkomen and Transzoia senator Alan Chesang during Tea Reforms Conference in Kericho on July 6, 2023. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Tea farmers have called for the establishment of a second tea auction outside Mombasa.

Speaking in Kericho during the Tea Reforms Conference chaired by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, farmers called on the government to address various issues that have crippled the sector.