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Kenya to export one million kilos of tea to China as it eyes Sh211b

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Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) signed an MOU with Benny Tea of China on technology transfer and marketing. [File, Standard]

The first consignment of Kenyan tea is expected to be shipped to China by the end of this month.

This follows the government's launch of the China-Kenya Tea Trade Centre in Fujian Province of China to facilitate distribution of Kenya tea to the Asian country in May this year.

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