By The Mountain Journal crew in tea
growing areas
There is a looming anxiety in the tea growing region
with directorship election slated for March taking off.
Holding of the election is the start of implementing
tea regulations backed by 700,000 tea growers initiated by Agriculture Cabinet
Secretary Peter Munya.
The journey to salvage the sector started at Kiru tea factory when the management led by lawyer Chege Kirundi demanded a forensic audit report over the performance of the facility under Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA).
Former Transport Permanent Secretary Irungu Nyakera teamed up with the small growers from the tea growing belts to lobby on the endorsement of the regulations at parliament and the senate.
There are intense campaigns in the tea growing
zones with current directors working to retain their slots as others who were
pushed by the regulations seek election.
The new features expected included a reduced
number of the directors.
Also roles that had been perfected
by Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) will be reduced with functions of Company secretary that had been held by the powerful Dr John Kennedy Omanga scrapped.
Each of the factory has a designated
company secretary.
In the regulations that will be guided by the Agriculture Food Authority (AFA), more managing agents are free to apply for the contract from the boards that will be elected.
In the past KTDA controlled the sector as 69 tea factories were in their fold.
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