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Probe on after tea farmers allege theft by KTDA cartels

Workers pick tea at Kiang'ombe village in Kirinyaga County on September 26, 2019. Tea farmers in the county, as well as MP PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI

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By  George Munene

Contributor

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu) said farmers lose earnings from a significant amount of tea since the machines do not show the correct weights.
  • Mr James Maingi, a senior official from the county department of weights and measures, said machines used by the KTDA give wrong figures.
  • The farmers demanded compensation for the losses they have incurred so far. 

A legislator claims cartels in the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) are using faulty weighing machines to exploit farmers in Kirinyaga County.

Gichimu Githinji (Gichugu) said farmers lose earnings from a significant amount of tea since the machines do not show the correct weights.

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