Will fresh blood at helm of KTDA turn the tide for tea farmers?

 

Nyansiongo Tea Factory Director Monica Orwochi plucks tea at her Ribwago farm,Borabu in Nyamira County on May 6, 2024. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

After losing twice in the elections, Chege Kirundi was third-time lucky when he finally won the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) chairmanship in January this year.

The post is highly influential but also has a lot of attention. And aside from the about 700,000 smallholder farmers who own KTDA through their 54 tea factories, the agency’s elections are closely...