Tea Board of Kenya reappoints Enos Njiru as nationwide chairman for 3 years | Meals Enterprise Africa

KENYA – The Board of the Kenya Tea Improvement Company (KTDA) has reappointed Enos Njiru Njeru as its nationwide chairman, for a three-year time period.

Enos Njeru, was first appointed as chairman on July 17, 2023. Eric Chepkwony was elected because the Vice-chairman of the Board.

Enos Njeru is a consultant of the Embu Tea Zone whereas Eric Chepkwony is a consultant of the Bomet Tea Zone. The elections had been witnessed by Agriculture and Livestock Improvement Cupboard Secretary Dr. Andrew Karanja and Tea Board of Kenya Chairman Jacob Kahiu.

“The main target of the board can be on the implementation of the Tea Act which can present a powerful authorized framework for our operations and safeguard the pursuits of all stakeholders. It will allow us to work in direction of increasing our market attain whereas on the identical time selling a powerful tea consumption tradition inside our nation” Njeru stated.

“By increasing our market attain we are going to cut back the volumes of unsold teas, thereby enhancing the monetary well being of KTDA and its affiliated factories.”

The board stated it goals to deal with Championing Tea Consumption Tradition, Enhancing Tea High quality, Product Diversification, Institution of a Frequent Person Facility, and Broadening the Tea Market.

In the meantime, KTDA Administration Companies (KTDA MS) has introduced it has imported 97,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer for the 2024/2025 season, a rise from the 88,000 metric tonnes procured final 12 months.

The rise says KTDA, displays the growth of smallholder tea acreage and a rising desire amongst organizations and people exterior the KTDA community to position their orders by way of the Company.

The NPK 26:5:5 chemically compounded fertilizer was sourced immediately from Russia. Will probably be bagged on the port and distributed to farmers by way of their respective factories, guaranteeing environment friendly and well timed supply for farm software.

Collins Bett, the Managing Director of KTDA MS famous that the ultimate price of a 50kg bag of fertilizer can be decided by a number of elements.

This contains the price of pure gasoline (a key part in manufacturing NPK fertilizer), change charges, cargo prices, marine and overland insurance coverage prices in addition to clearing and transportation prices to the respective tea factories.