Kirundi’s transformative agenda for tea farmers

Kirundi’s transformative agenda for tea farmers

Chege Kirundi’s envisaged reforms at KTDA aim to deliver improved returns for the country’s 680,000 smallholder tea farmers. PHOTO/UGC. By FRED SOME [email protected] Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) chairman, Chege Kirundi, has outlined an ambitious strategic agenda aimed at repositioning the country’s tea industry as a globally competitive, sustainable, and farmer-centric enterprise. His reform plan…

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Kirundi’s transformative agenda for tea farmers

Kenya-Iran in talks to reopen tea trade

Delegation members. PHOTO/UGC. By OUR CORRESPONDENT [email protected] The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock, Mutahi Kagwe, recently engaged an Iranian business delegation to discuss the possibility of reopening the tea trade between the two countries. Mr Kagwe said the move is part of Kenya’s broader strategy to strengthen bilateral ties between Iran and the broader…

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