The directors of all ten Murang’a tea factories have reached a mutual understanding with the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) and are prepared to execute management agreements.
The signature of the management agreement was postponed for nearly seven months in order to allow for discussions over the proposed reforms.
After the tea factories rejected several of the improvements outlined in the management agreement, the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) ordered negotiations.
The KTDA was given authority over personnel and green leaf processing, thus the directors of the tea companies wanted financial control.
Charles Kirigwi, the director of TBK for the Mount Kenya region, stated that following the conclusion of negotiations, directors from the county will shortly sign a memorandum of understanding with KTDA.
“Only factories in Murang’a are yet to sign management agreements with KTDA. All the 19 tea factories west of Rift signed the agreement in April this year. Now that the negotiations have been concluded, directors representing tea factories in Murang’a are set to sign the MoU,” said Kirgwi.
