Lesotho targets to buy tea directly from Kenya

Workers of Kiiru tea Plantation in Limuru pluck tea leaves on the farm. [Phillip Orwa, Standard]

Lesotho could start buying Kenyan tea directly from local tea factories, Lesotho’s Minister for Agriculture Simon Litsane has said.

Mr. Litsane, who was speaking yesterday during a visit to the Ngorogo Tea Factory in Kiambu said his country would collaborate with the Kenyan government in the purchase of the tea.