The Kenya Tea Development Agency KTDA factories and Kenya Tea Packers KETEPA have jointly formed a Common branding User Facility in Kericho that will brand black tea mainly “Chai gold” through value addition and creation of high-quality tea for the local and international markets. President William Samoei Ruto who yesterday was the chief guest during…
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Kenya news Government allocates Ksh 1B to boost tea value addition
The government will allocate KSh1 billion to the construction of two value addition and branding centres for Kenyan tea, President William Ruto has said. Speaking when he launched Chai Gold, the flagship tea brand of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) for the international market at Ketepa Grounds in Kericho County on Wednesday, the President…
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Kenya news CS Linturi implores factories to produce orthodox tea – Kenya News Agency
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mithika Linturi has urged tea factories in the country to consider tapping into the production of Orthodox tea as opposed to CTC in order to fetch good returns. Speaking at the Githongo Tea Factory during a farmers’ sensitisation forum, Linturi assured farmers of good returns from Orthodox tea, adding that this…
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Kenya news Tea farmers appeal to KTDA for health insurance – Kenya News Agency
Tea farmers in Kericho have called on the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) to prioritise introducing a health insurance cover for tea farmers in order to cushion farmers from exorbitant medical bills whenever they go for medication in health facilities. Speaking to KNA in Litein, Kericho County, the farmers lamented that KTDA farmers were suffering…
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Kenya news Woman in Kericho invents tea pesticide – Kenya News Agency
Meet Viola Chepngetich, one of the participants at the Tea Belt Technical Vocational Education Training Conference that was held at Kericho Township Technical Vocational Educational and Training Institute recently. She was among the best local innovators who showcased their inventions at the conference. She had one of the most brilliant inventions, a homemade pesticide developed…
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Kenya news IEBC to oversee tea body Polls – Kenya News Agency
The elections of directors of 54 smallholder tea factories under the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) will be conducted on 28th of this month by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) This is the first time IEBC is set to oversee the polls at the tea board where tea farmers across the country are…
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Kenya news Tea market shifts to orthodox tea as conventional tea loses demand – Kenya News Agency
Kenya tea farmers have been advised to adopt organic tea farming as the world tea market is shifting to specialty teas. According to the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK), the existing high demand for organic tea is taking shape in China, Europe, Asia and American markets. As a result of the challenges facing tea farming…
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Kenya news Govt moves to enhance performance of tea factories – Kenya News Agency
The government has put in place measures to make sure Muhoroni, Nzoia, Sondu, and Chemilil sugar factories get back to real business so that they can provide livelihoods to the people of the region and the country as a whole. The Principal Secretary, State Department of Agriculture, Dr. Paul Rono, said that the government had…
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News How Did Haley’s South Carolina Become Trump Country? Ask the Tea Party.
When Nikki Haley ran for governor of South Carolina in 2010, one of her early campaign stops was the Aiken, S.C., living room of Claude and Sunny O’Donovan. Mr. O’Donovan, the co-founder of a local Tea Party group, had invited Ms. Haley and other candidates to make their case to the conservative activists of Aiken…
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News Brits boiling with anger over US scientist’s suggestion for the ‘perfect’ cup of tea
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