The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has voiced strong opposition to a proposed 1% levy on tea sales, outlined in the Tea (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which would funnel funds to the Kenya Revenue Authority.

• The proposed levy would require farmers to remit one percent of their tea sales.
• KTDA National Chairman, Senior Counsel Chege Kirundi, urged the National Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Livestock Development to scrap the levy.
• The KTDA Chief Executive Officer, Wilson Muthaura, stated the agency's priority is to protect smallholder farmers' incomes, as the industry supports over 650,000 smallholder farmers and is the country’s most significant foreign exchange earner.