TEA NEWS #tea trading

The prolonged battle between the Kericho County Government and the United Kingdom-based tea firms over the deployment of tea harvesting machines is far from over after massive job losses due to the introduction of mechanization.

• Stakeholders in the industry had raised concerns over a number of challenges they face in value addition for tea with the main challenge being the issue of taxation on packaging material. • Linturi promised that the government will do what it takes to ensure that Kenya starts exporting value-added tea.