Bill locks out tea farmers from guaranteed subsidy kitty

Farmers picking tea. 

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Tea farmers will be denied a guaranteed subsidy kitty that was supposed to cushion them from fluctuations in global tea prices, through the Tea (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

The Bill, which underwent the first reading in the House last week, hands 60 percent of the money that will be raised from the tea levy to the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK). The remaining 40 percent will be allocated to the Tea Research Foundation.

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