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Originally published by The Standard BusinessDecember 3, 2025
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Government directs TBK to ensure compliance with Tea Act
A crisis is looming in small-holder tea factories after the government ordered KTDA directors holding direct and indirect commercial interests with other companies to relinquish their positions...
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The Kenyan government has mandated that the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) enforce compliance with the Tea Act, 2020, specifically targeting Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) directors who hold conflicting commercial interests. These directors have 30 days to relinquish their positions in companies with direct or indirect commercial ties to tea factories.
- Agriculture Principal Secretary Kiprono Ronoh revealed that a compliance review found several tea factory directors also serving as directors in other companies commercially related to the tea factories, violating the Tea Act.
- The directive, outlined in a letter to KTDA Holding Chairman Chege Kirundi dated November 28, 2025, also requires aligning internal constitutional documents with the Tea Act.
- Directors must submit an amended CR12 to the Principal Secretary's office within the 30-day period, affecting subsidiaries such as Chai Trading Company Ltd, Kenya Tea Packers Ltd, and KTDA Power Ltd.
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