New levy to fund tea marketing, innovation

Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe speaking during the release of the 2024 Tea Industry Performance Results at the East African Tea Trade Association (Eatta) in Mombasa on March 13, 2025. 

Photo credit: Wachira Mwangi | Nation Media Group

The government plans to introduce a new levy to finance marketing and research in the multi-billion shilling tea industry.

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the government will create a Common Tea Marketing Development Fund to support the development of tea markets in the country and abroad.

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