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Ruto's clan determined to bag tea sector

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Kenya

William Ruto's new order

Since coming to power in September 2022, Kenyan President William Ruto has sought to make good on his pledge to upend his adversaries' political "dynasties". Ruto is working to unravel their political and business networks, all while weaving his own. [...]

The appointment of a new director of Tea Board of Kenya illustrates how the president's Rift Valley clan is advancing its interests. Meanwhile, Deputy President Gachagua is keeping a tight grip on the Mount Kenya region, where most Kenyan tea is grown. [...]

Published on 21/12/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Regulator battles to curb Gachagua-friendly Kenya Tea Development Agency

The country's leading tea consortium, which enjoys the support of the deputy president, has come under fire from the Tea Board of Kenya. Meanwhile, William Ruto has launched an investigation into alleged embezzlement at the KTDA.

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Battle for KTDA leadership posts in full swing

Elections to vote for the directors of Kenya Tea Development Agency's 54 factories began in May. Campaigning has been fierce, involving legal challenges and, in a bid to secure the youth vote, social media.

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Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

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Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

State House is compiling a list of representatives to sit on a new 'tea tribunal'. Multinational trading houses are watching nervously from the sidelines.

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Kenyan president William Ruto in July 2022 in Nairobi.

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KTDA endeavours to sell surplus stocks to world's tea giants

Kenya's leading tea consortium is in talks with the major international brands to persuade them to buy surplus tea stocks that have been piling up in Kenyan warehouses for almost two years following the authorities' introduction of a floor price.

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Agri-food giant Sasini grabs greater share of tea production

One of Kenya's largest companies, Sasini, is taking advantage of the Kenya Tea Development Agency's difficulties to increase its market share and recruit new producers.

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A Sasini employee in a tea field near Musereita, Kenya, on 21 October 2022.

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Kenyan tea producers call for government help with tax issues

Kenya's tea industry still fears competition from Tanzania and is calling on the government to support the sector's local development.

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Ruto-Kenyatta tea war spreads to KTDA

The president and his deputy are continuing their purge of the tea sector, from which executives close to the Uhuru Kenyatta administration are continuing their exodus. The Kenya Tea Development Agency consortium is now in the firing line.

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Harvesting tea around Limuru, on the eastern edge of the Rift Valley.

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Deputy President Gachagua aims to reign over Mount Kenya

By uniting his allies from Kenya's central region, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua aims to establish his own political fiefdom. His plans have raised concerns, however, among some of President Ruto's allies, who fear he is trying to go solo.

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Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua at his swearing-in ceremony in Nairobi last September.

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Kenyatta and Ruto continue to fight for power in the tea plantations

After having been sidelined under the previous administration, supporters of new president William Ruto want to take control of the production of tea, Kenya's leading export commodity. The rival factions are fighting it out in private sector consortium the KTDA.

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Kenya's president William Ruto in Nairobi, on 20 July 2022.

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Aaron Cheruiyot
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Kenya Tea Development Agency
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Richard Ndubai
Rigathi Gachagua
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Battle for KTDA leadership posts in full swing

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Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

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Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

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KTDA endeavours to sell surplus stocks to world's tea giants

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