Automated tea auction will boost earnings, ensure transparency
MONEY & MARKET
Tea packers will effectively participate in the auction and enhance the opportunities for marketing and selling value-added teas.

By Patrick Beja | 2 months ago

Tea farmers hope for better prices after rally at auction
A kilogramme sold at a six-year high of Sh300 at the Mombasa Auction attributed to reduced supply in the market and product diversification.
Macharia Kamau | 3 months ago
Farmers get Sh6b bonus cut as prices turn sour at tea auction
Prices fell from an average of Sh264 per kilo in the 2019-2020 financial year to Sh241 in the 2020-2021 financial year to June 30.
Patrick Alushula | 7 months ago
Tea prices drop amid glut, Covid
Green leaf deliveries stood at 726 million kilos in the seven month period.
Correspondent | 1 year ago
The sector has one month to clean up systems in re...

By Macharia Kamau | Jan 08, 2021
A raft of measures introduced by the Government to...

By Stanley Ongwae | May 13, 2020
Notably, KTDA only supports one proposal in the ru...

By Wainaina Ndung'u | Apr 28, 2020
Lockdown as a result of coronavirus is causing eco...

By Benard Sanga | Mar 20, 2020
Governor Hassan Joho has rejected a proposal to mo...

By Ernest Ndunda | Jul 28, 2017
Tea traders at the Mombasa auction raised a record...

By Benard Sanga | May 10, 2017
When tea prices tumbled in 2014, proponents of e-a...

By Salaah Balala | Apr 11, 2017
The East African Tea Trade Association (EATTA) pla...

By Salaah Balala | Feb 19, 2017
Smallholder tea growers from South Rift region hav...

By Nikko Tanui | Sep 05, 2016
The country will this year begin to automate tradi...

By Reuters | Jan 21, 2016
The Government says it will speed up implementatio...

By Xinhua | Nov 20, 2014
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