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Government will keep off tea directors' elections, assures Linturi

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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The government has assured smallholder tea farmers that it will not meddle in the elections for the directors of tea factories slated for June 28.

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi gave the assurance to the farmers on Saturday at Githongo tea factory in Central Imenti, Meru County.

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