A section of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) directors deliberately influenced the supply of low-quality stocks to the regional auction, hoping to irregularly benefit from a guaranteed reserve price, an audit has revealed.
The audit by the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) established that some rogue officials allowed factories located west of the Rift Valley to supply poor quality tea to the auction after the government introduced a $2.43 (Sh314.09) reserve price for every kilogramme of tea sold at the Mombasa auction in July 2021.
