By IRENE MUGO More by this AuthorThe Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has threatened to take legal action against Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya for releasing an implementation timeline for tea reforms before they are approved by Parliament. The timelines published by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) intend to have the Crops (Tea Industry) Regulations, 2020 fully implemented by February next year. The regulations were initiated in January and are aimed at addressing corruption and exploitation of farmers as well as conflict of interest in the management of the tea value chain. Revoke timelinesBut the tea agency, through their lawyers, Millimo and Muthomi Co Advocates, said the impugned tea reforms are designed to bring down a rather stable small-scale tea farmer industry in Kenya. KTDA argues that the proposed tea reforms have a far reaching negative ramification including grounding its business and operations.

Source: Daily Nation August 10, 2020 07:30 UTC