By FRANCIS MUREITHIMore by this AuthorA tea sector lobby group has urged the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya to speed up the gazettement of the Tea Regulations 2019. The lobby chairperson Irungu Nyakera has also called for the establishment of the Green Leaf Pricing Formula Committee and a competent Kenya Tea Council in two weeks. He said that the proposed directives by the Head of State will create a solid foundation for the needed policy framework for the next phase of the Kenya tea sector. The lobby observed that lack of good corporate governance in the structure and management of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) was to blame for the farmers’ woes. “We call for a radical surgery of KTDA and its directors should not sit on the board of its subsidiaries or tea factories,” said Mr Nyakera.

Source: Daily Nation January 18, 2020 03:45 UTC