{"id":12280,"date":"2020-08-04T16:43:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=12280"},"modified":"2020-08-04T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:43:50","slug":"new-tea-rules-to-take-effect-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/new-tea-rules-to-take-effect-in-september","title":{"rendered":"New tea rules to take effect in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Kirsten Kanja\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The new tea industry regulations will be implemented at the end of the month, the government said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0after the government yesterday announced that the new tea regulations are\u00a0ready for operationalisation at end-month.\u00a0The regulations were unveiled by the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya on May 21 and sent to the Attorney General\u2019s office for gazette ment\u00a0CS Munya said the regulations will empower farmers by creating a transparent and accountable value chain.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Munya\u2019s move to improve farmer\u2019s conditions came after President Uhuru Kenyatta early this year ordered the Ministry of Agriculture to relieve the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) some of its roles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving given all tea-sector players sufficient time to familiarise themselves with the new regulatory requirements and to create their own internal implementation capacity, the tea industry regulations are now ready for implementation,\u201d the CS said at a press briefing at Kilimo House, Nairobi, yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Munya said the regulations are first steps towards addressing persistent problems in the sector that has condemned farmers to poverty despite producing enough tea that fetches super prices globally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese regulations, shortly to be followed by a new Tea Act currently before parliament are only one of the many measures that the government will implement to reverse the fortunes of the tea sector,\u201d said Munya.<\/p>\n<p>Other areas that\u00a0President Kenyatta\u00a0directed the Agriculture ministry to address through these regulations include\u00a0graft and exploitation of farmers, conflict of interest in the management of the tea value chain.<\/p>\n<p>Others are reforming the chain to up\u00a0increase farmer\u2019s incomes rather than that of middlemen, challenge of low tea prices and delayed payment to farmers as well as mismanagement within KTDA. Tea\u00a0factories must also be constructed and commissioned within three years of the issuance of the license failure to which the license will lapse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTea brokers, buyers and the auction organiser shall ensure that the proceeds from the sale of tea are remitted to the tea factory\u2019s\u00a0accounts within 14 days from the date of auction,\u201d reads the document on implementation timelines\u00a0for the new regulations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the document, the remuneration of services offered by the management agent shall not exceed 1.5 per cent of the net sales value of the tea sold at the auction per year.\u00a0The regulations also aimed at fetching better prices for the Kenyan produce.<\/p>\n<p>A key adjustment to the regulations is the requirement that any unsold tea at the auction\u00a0be relisted for sale during the subsequent auctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Kirsten Kanja\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: The new tea industry regulations will be implemented at the end of the month, the government said Monday. 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