The Kenya Tea Growers Association (KTGA) on Monday, January 20, revealed that large-scale tea firms in Nandi County have been incurring losses exceeding Ksh30 million each month since August last year.
KTGA Chair Silas Njibwakale made this alarming revelation during a press conference at a hotel in Nairobi.
According to him, these losses are attributed to criminal activities infiltrating the trade, including theft of tea crops, land invasions, and damage to investments by what appear to be organised crime syndicates.
Citing the case of Eastern Produce Kenya (EPK) in Nandi County, he explained that such criminal activities have resulted in staggering losses over the past four months.
