By RICHARD MUNGUTIMore by this AuthorA court has barred a tea factory in Murang’a County from breaking away from the umbrella Kenya Development Agency Limited (KTDA). Lady Justice Teresia Matheka rejected the move by Kiru Tea Factory Company Limited from seceding from KTDA saying the action will affect over 8,000 famers. Mr Millimo said KTDA has over 600,000 small-scale tea growers and their tea is well secured and its marketing is guaranteed. “Kiru Tea Factory is hereby restrained from recognising nominees or elected members pursuant to the Tea buying centres’ polls [held] on November 1, 2017,” Justice Matheka ruled. “It is difficult to hawk tea in the factories as each delivery is allocated to an individual farmer,” Mr Millimo told the judge.

Source: Daily Nation November 15, 2017 09:00 UTC