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Tea factory directors face opposition in elections

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When tea farmers in Kisii County showed solidarity in support of their newly elected Director Professor Stephen Bogonko on May 7, 2021.[Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Campaigns for the director positions have intensified following the decision by the Tea Board of Kenya to set the elections end of June.

This has seen three camps emerge in the last two weeks in the quest to have their candidates clinch the positions in tea-growing counties.

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