A sharp drop in tea bonus payments across the country has rekindled long-standing concerns among smallholder farmers over disparities in earnings between factories in the East and West of the Rift Valley.
According to the Kenya Tea Development Agency’s (KTDA) interim report for the financial year ending June 30, farmers in the 21 tea-growing constituencies earned between Sh0.80 and Sh19.10 less per kilo compared to last year.
