Kenya Tea Development Agency can now go ahead and hold elections for its directors after a judge dismissed a case seeking to stop the exercise. High Court judge Anthony Mrima on Thursday dismissed an application filed by Agriculture Fisheries and Food Authority opposing the elections on the grounds that the tea sector has no legal framework for conducting the election. He noted that if he gave a temporary order stopping the election at this point, that will have an effect of delaying the main case. The state law office also supported the plea to stop the election in order to avoid wastage of resources. The judge in his ruling further directed the parties to come for hearing of the main petition on October 13.

Source: The Star October 08, 2020 13:56 UTC