{"id":13559,"date":"2020-08-29T19:37:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T19:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13559"},"modified":"2020-08-29T19:37:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T19:37:21","slug":"governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector","title":{"rendered":"Governors reject CS Peter Munya\u2019s new regulations on tea sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author:\u00a0Kirsten Kanja\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Governors have rejected new tea regulations recently issued by the Agriculture Ministry, saying the rules do not respect functions and integrity of the county governments.<\/p>\n

The Council of Governors instead called for a review, suggesting various amendments be made on the laws.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Council of Governors notes that the regulations do not respect the institutional and functions integrity of the county governments given the fact that\u00a0agriculture and trade development and regulation\u00a0are primarily functions of the county governments under the Constitution,\u201d they said in a statement on Friday\u00a0The governors asked that county governments be authorised to\u00a0issue licences for appointment of county tea inspectors, manufacturing, registration and licensing of warehouse premises as well as licensing of tea packers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPursuant to the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, agriculture and trade development and regulation have been devolved to county governments,\u201d said the council.\u00a0\u201cThis therefore means all agricultural activities happening with the respective county government jurisdiction is regulated by that county. Registration of plantation tea growers should be regulated by the county governments.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the regulations put out by\u00a0Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya in May says a county government shall not impose any fees on tea, but the governors said this is a repetition of what is already provided for in the Constitution and should be deleted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe centrality of devolution in the agriculture sector is something that cannot be wished away in the development of the tea industry and as such it should be emphasised in the Tea Regulations, 2020,\u201d read the statement.Governors have rejected new tea regulations recently issued by the Agriculture Ministry, saying the rules do not respect functions and integrity of the county governments.<\/p>\n

The Council of Governors instead called for a review, suggesting various amendments be made on the laws.\u00a0\u201cThe Council of Governors notes that the regulations do not respect the institutional and functions integrity of the county governments given the fact that\u00a0agriculture and trade development and regulation\u00a0are primarily functions of the county governments under the Constitution,\u201d they said in a statement on Friday\u00a0The governors asked that county governments be authorised to\u00a0issue licences for appointment of county tea inspectors, manufacturing, registration and licensing of warehouse premises as well as licensing of tea packers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPursuant to the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, agriculture and trade development and regulation have been devolved to county governments,\u201d said the council.\u00a0\u201cThis therefore means all agricultural activities happening with the respective county government jurisdiction is regulated by that county.<\/p>\n

Registration of plantation tea growers should be regulated by the county governments.\u201d\u00a0One of the regulations put out by\u00a0Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya\u00a0in May says a county government shall not impose any fees on tea, but the governors said this is a repetition of what is already provided for in the Constitution and should be deleted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe centrality of devolution in the agriculture sector is something that cannot be wished away in the development of the tea industry and as such it should be emphasised in the Tea Regulations, 2020,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author:\u00a0Kirsten Kanja\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: Governors have rejected new tea regulations recently issued by the Agriculture Ministry, saying the rules do not respect functions and integrity of the county governments. The Council of Governors instead called for a review, suggesting various amendments be made on the laws. \u201cThe Council of Governors notes that the regulations do not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[424,665,4188,644],"class_list":["post-13559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-agriculture","tag-council-of-governors","tag-cs-peter-munya","tag-tea"],"yoast_head":"\nGovernors reject CS Peter Munya\u2019s new regulations on tea sector - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governors have rejected new tea regulations recently issued by the Agriculture Ministry, saying the rules do not respect\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Governors reject CS Peter Munya\u2019s new regulations on tea sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governors have rejected new tea regulations recently issued by the Agriculture Ministry, saying the rules do not respect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-29T19:37:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/governors_reject_cs_5f495456885d1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"606\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Governors reject CS Peter Munya\u2019s new regulations on tea sector\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-29T19:37:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector\"},\"wordCount\":525,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/08\/governors_reject_cs_5f495456885d1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Agriculture\",\"Council of Governors\",\"CS Peter Munya\",\"Tea\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/governors-reject-cs-peter-munyas-new-regulations-on-tea-sector\",\"name\":\"Governors reject CS Peter Munya\u2019s new regulations on tea sector - 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