The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has strongly opposed a new proposed levy that will have farmers remit one per cent of their tea sales to the Kenya Revenue Authority.
Speaking when he appeared before the National Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Livestock Development on Friday, the KTDA National Chairman, Senior Counsel Chege Kirundi, urged the MPs to scrap it.
The levy, proposed in the Tea (Amendment) Bill, 2023, will add to the already burdensome tax on tea farmers.
Kirundi emphasised that existing taxes already overburden smallholder tea farmers, and the primary goal is to maximise their returns.
