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Enos Njeru re-elected chairman of KTDA in election boycotted by opponents
Newly elected Kenya Tea Development Authority Chairman Enos Njeru alongside his Vice chairman, Erick Chepkony in an election held in a hotel in Mombasa.
Photo credit: Wachira Mwangi | Nation
Mr Enos Njeru has been re-elected chairman of the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA), with Mr Erick Chepkony as deputy chairman, in an election held at a hotel in Mombasa.
Six KTDA directors boycotted the chairmanship vote, citing interference by the Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Board of Kenya. The election, which lasted less than two hours behind closed doors at Pride Inn Hotel Shanzu, was witnessed by Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Andrew Karanja and Kenya Tea Board officials.