Topic: KTDA
KTDA unveils smart energy monitoring system to revolutionize tea production
Feb 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM
In a bid to revolutionize tea processing operations and enhance sustainability, the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative – the Smart Energ...
Kenya's tea industry poised for change as State unveils value addition incentives
Dec 08, 2023 at 11:04 AM
Kenya's tea sub-sector is set for a transformative boost as the government initiates a series of incentives to elevate value-addition efforts, aiming to unlock the full potential o...
KTDA set to import 92,737 metric tonnes of fertiliser for smallholder tea farmers
Oct 17, 2023 at 10:59 AM
The Kenya Tea Development Agency Management Services Limited (KTDA MS) is gearing up to ensure a bountiful harvest for smallholder tea farmers in the upcoming year 2023/2024....
Smallholder tea farmers grin as KTDA readies to pay fat Sh44.15 billion bonus
Sep 29, 2023 at 12:13 PM
Kenya's smallholder tea farmers are poised for historic windfall as the Kenya Tea Development Agency (Holdings) Limited (KTDA) prepares to distribute a final payout of Sh44.15 bill...
KTDA factory directors to deliberate second payment amid challenges
Sep 08, 2023 at 03:07 PM
KTDA directors from the 71 KTDA-managed factories are scheduled to commence second payment meetings this month, as they review the factories' annual accounts for the 2022-23 financ...
Ex-KTDA Chairman David Ichoho now withdraws suit challenging 'resignation'
Jul 25, 2023 at 07:50 PM
Immediate former KTDA Chairman David Ichoho has withdrawn a case he had filed at the High Court in Nairobi challenging his alleged coerced removal as the Chairman of the tea agency...
KTDA unveils 3 mobile platforms in bid to boost service to smallholder tea farmers
Jul 20, 2023 at 01:19 PM
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has launched a mobile app, SMS and USSD platforms to enhance its service provision to its more than 600,000 smallholder tea farmers....
KTDA Board appoints its new Chairman to replace David Ichoho who resigned
Jul 17, 2023 at 10:21 AM
KTDA Holdings Limited on Monday appointed Enos Njiru Njeru as its national chairman to replace embattled David Ichoho who resigned last week....
KTDA chairman David Ichoho resigns in handwritten letter after Gachagua threat
Jul 13, 2023 at 08:16 PM
David Muni Ichoho has resigned as the chairman of the troubled Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Limited only two years after he ascended to office....
Naivasha ICD experiences significant surge in loose cargo shipments via SGR
Jul 06, 2023 at 01:23 PM
The Naivasha Inland Container Depot (ICD) has experienced a significant surge in loose cargo shipments in recent months, almost tripling its intake from the Mombasa port via the st...
Kirinyaga tea factories retain current management agreements with KTDA MS
May 05, 2023 at 04:17 PM
Smallholder tea factories in Kirinyaga County on Thursday agreed to retain current factory management agreements with KTDA Management Services (KTDA MS) until critical issues in th...
KTDA and Embu tea factories conclude talks to revise management agreements
May 03, 2023 at 04:34 PM
KTDA Management Services Limited (KTDA MS Ltd) board and management has concluded talks seeking to revise management agreements for all smallholder tea factories in Embu County....
Court dismisses application by two ex-KTDA bosses challenging their dismissal
Apr 28, 2023 at 11:10 PM
Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi has dismissed a case by two former Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) managers seeking to reverse their termination....
KTDA starts talks to review management agreements for smallholder tea factories
Apr 20, 2023 at 10:44 PM
The board and management of KTDA Management Services Limited (KTDA MS Ltd) have begun negotiations to review management agreements for smallholder tea factories....
CS Linturi announces enhanced bilateral trade in tea between Kenya and Pakistan
Feb 28, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Pakistan is Kenya’s largest trade partner in the tea sector and imports 40 per cent of Kenyan tea....
Mithika Linturi says Govt stepping up measures to boost tea farmers' earnings
Feb 27, 2023 at 05:54 PM
Tea is Kenya's leading export and earned her Sh152.4 billion in 2022 with tea exports led by Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) contributed about 33 per cent ($34.98 billion) to K...
KTDA releases January 2023 green leaf payments for smallholder tea farmers
Feb 08, 2023 at 03:54 PM
The agency says the amount is payment for 120 million kilogrammes of green leaf delivered to factories managed by KTDA with farmers able to access their banked cash from Thursday....
DP Gachagua meets KTDA board to push for improved earnings for tea farmers
Jan 16, 2023 at 05:37 PM
He assured the agency the Kenya Kwanza government will address any hurdles they face in terms of legislation, market among others in reforming tea as raised by the board members....
KTDA releases Sh5.5 billion for tea farmers mini-bonuses and December payments
Jan 12, 2023 at 06:48 PM
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) managed factories on Thursday disbursed Sh5.5 billion as payment to their smallholder tea farmers for the December 2022 green leaf deliverie...
KTDA CEO Wilson Muthaura threatens blogger Cyprian Nyakundi with legal suit
Jan 10, 2023 at 02:08 PM
KTDA and Muthaura say Nyakundi on December 28, 2022 published another Facebook post that made “several falsified allegations which are defamatory” directing people to his site....