KTDA has already gone to court to stop the implementation of the reforms.
Murang’a County has the largest concentration of tea factories in the country.
Aall the local elected leaders — apart from Woman Rep Wanjiru Chege and Gatanga MP Nduati Ngugi — skipped the meeting that was attended by 1,300 tea sector stakeholders.
The Meru County boss has been telling farmers to resist the changes proposed by his predecessor.
A battle between farmers and Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) appears to be shaping up as the government consolidates the backing of growers and prices start to improve at the Mombasa auction.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya attributes the increasing prices to the new regulations that have banned the sale of tea by private agreements.
