The East African Tea Trade Association(EATTA) has requested for the draft Tea Regulation to be further revised to incorporate more suggestions from the stakeholders. The Mombasa Auction said that the Cabinet Secretary Agriculture made a presentation of the final Tea Regulations on May 21, 2020 without presentation of the Regulatory Impact Assessment Statement that would test their socioeconomic worthwhileness. He said this would ensure that comments from the internal community that consume Kenyan tea can be received and considered. The performance of the tea industry is vital to the Kenyan economy as it accounts for approximately 26 per cent of Kenya’s export earnings and is one of the leading foreign exchange earners contributing over Sh117 billion in 2019. The tea industry contributes about 4 per cent to the GDP with more than 750,000 farmers directly earning a living from tea.

Source: The Star June 13, 2020 09:00 UTC