The Ministry of Agriculture has ordered tea farmers at the Kapkoros Tea Group and its satellite factories, including Tirgaga, Motigo, and Olenguruone, to receive new account numbers in a bold move to resolve the long-standing dispute among the factories.
This follows the farmers' move to boycott plucking and supplying green leaf to the Motigo and Olenguruone factories, demanding financial and operational independence from the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA).
The farmers had cited several frustrations, arguing that their earnings and bonuses should be based on the performance of their factories rather than being pooled under Kapkoros.
The dispute led to huge losses as thousands of kilos of tea went to waste and paralysed operations at the affected factories, prompting the government to intervene.
