TEA NEWS

Tea Market Report Sale 02-2022

• PS says the move to transport tea via SGR is an innovative step that will lower transport costs and deliver better value to farmers. • Kenya Railways Managing Director Phillip Mainga assured the KTDA team that opting for the SGR was the best choice because of the benefits associated with railway transport. • Kenya Railways and the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) have entered into a partnership, which will see KTDA-managed factories transport their produce via the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line from Nairobi to the Port of Mombasa for onward export.

Farmers were this year elated after the government staged a silent coup that drove away brokers in the tea sector. The move saw small-scale growers taking control.

GOOD GENERAL DEMAND AT DEARER RATES BP1 : Best East KTDA mostly easier 8/15 cts with medium types dearer 5/10 cts, West KTDA mostly firm, Nandi dearer 20/28 cts, Limuru dearer 12/20 cts, Kericho dearer 10/20 cts, Uganda dearer 5/22 cts.

BP1 : Few selected lines East KTDA firm to dearer 4/15 cts others easier 5/25 cts,

Tea Market Report Sale 50-2021 FAIR DEMAND AT EASIER RATES WITH PLAINER AND PLAINEST TYPES DEARER

Some MPs from tea-growing counties of Kericho and Bomet have petitioned Parliament to probe the use of tea harvesting machines by multinational companies. MPs Sylvanus Maritim (Ainamoi), Nelson Koech (Belgut) and Joseph Limo (Kipkelion East) want the National Assembly Labour and Social Welfare Committee to investigate whether the machines comply with safety and health regulations and are in line with the Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 (No 184).

KENYA CROP FIGURES for last 10 Years

The comprehensive policy was drafted in 2005 but it remains unpopular yet it is the main tool that can support productivity, and create incentives for the smallholder farmers and estates and restore certainty among stakeholders.

Tea Market Report Sale 49-2021 FAIR DEMAND AT MOSTLY EASIER RATES

Two of the three final bidders for Unilever’s tea division refused to take over the company’s plantations over concerns about business conditions, according to people familiar with the matter.

GOOD DEMAND, VERY STRONG ON QUALITY BP1 : East KTDA firm to dearer 5/35 cts and sometimes more, West KTDA mostly firm on the reserve prices, Nandi dearer 10/38 cts, selected good leaf and liquor Limuru and Kericho firm to dearer 5/20 cts others neglected, Uganda firm to dearer 2/8 cts where sold.