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KTDA Hands Over Tanks to Schools in Trans Nzioa

KTDA Hands Over Tanks to Schools in Trans Nzioa

KTDA Foundation and Kapsara Tea Factory in partnership with East Africa Tea Trade Association (EATTA) donate water tanks and water harvesting installation gadgets to Milima Secondary and Friends Bwake High School in Kapsara catchment area of Trans Nzoia County on...

Over 2000 Farmers Attend Kapkoros Medical Camp

Over 2000 Farmers Attend Kapkoros Medical Camp

Tea farmers from Kapkoros having their blood pressure checked at a free medical camp at Kapkoros Health Centre in Bomet County. Over 2000 people received treatment during the camp held between Thursday 22nd and Saturday 24th March, 2018. The camp was sponsored by KTDA...

KTDA Foundation Donates Water Tanks to Schools in Tea Growing Regions

KTDA Foundation Donates Water Tanks to Schools in Tea Growing Regions

KTDA Group CEO Lerionka Tiampati flags off 56 water tanks donated to primary and secondary schools across tea-growing regions as part a Ksh10.6 million project aimed at enhancing access to clean water for school going children, and environmental conservation through...

ISO Certified!

ISO Certified!

KTDA Holdings Chief Executive Officer Lerionka Tiampati (right) receives the ISO 9001:2015 certificate from SGS Kenya Limited Managing Director Albert Stockell on November 7, 2017. ISO 9001:2015 is an international standard that sets out requirements for maintaining a...

Big Win for KTDA at Tea Gala Awards

Big Win for KTDA at Tea Gala Awards

KTDA senior managers display trophies and plaques won during the 2017 Tea Industry Gala Awards last week at Windsor Hotel Nairobi. KTDA-managed tea factories that were recognized include Ngere, Kangaita, Kathangariri, Ndima, Nduti, Itumbe, Gachege, Kiru, Ikumbi,...

KETEPA Feted at Tea Packers Awards

KETEPA Feted at Tea Packers Awards

KTDA CEO Lerionka Tiampati (centre), KETEPA Head of Sales and Marketing Edwin Bii (right) and Trade activation co-ordinator Franklin Nyamweya receive the overall First Runners Up trophy during the Tea Packers' Awards Kenya 2017. KETEPA also won Best in Product...

KTDA Wins Big At Kisii ASK Show

KTDA Wins Big At Kisii ASK Show

CHAMPIONS! KTDA (MS) Region 6 team won in seven categories; including first position in five categories among others; "Best Local Stand in Strategies of International Trade and Exports", during the just concluded Kisii ASK Show.

Gura Hydropower Station Up and Running

Gura Hydropower Station Up and Running

POWERED UP!!! Gura hydropower station is now up and running. The 5.8MegaWatt station is supplying power to four factories: Iriaini, Chinga, Gathuthi and Gitugi. The cheaper power will reduce the factories' energy costs, while excess power will be sold to the national...

KTDA Foundation Conducts Academic Follow Up

KTDA Foundation Conducts Academic Follow Up

Gerishon Njine (centre), a KTDA Foundation-sponsored student at Kiru Secondary School, listens as his mother Lucy Wanjiku chats with KTDA Group Head of Corporate Affairs, Ndiga Kithae (right) when he visited their home for a follow up. The Foundation currently...

KTDA’s leaf production down 25% on prolonged drought

KTDA’s leaf production down 25% on prolonged drought

Factories managed by Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) are now operating below average following a sharp drop in the amount of green leaf delivered by farmers, with the worst hit areas being Kirinyaga, Nyeri and Embu counties. Green leaf delivery by farmers has...

KTDA Foundation, Taylors of Harrogate sponsor Medical Camp

KTDA Foundation, Taylors of Harrogate sponsor Medical Camp

A tea farmer (right) has her blood pressure checked during a free medical camp at Rukuriri tea factory in Embu County organised by KTDA Foundation and Taylors of Harrogate, a key tea buyer from the UK. (Photo Courtesy - The Standard) Over 1,500 people drawn from the...

Gitugi Emerges Top at Energy Awards

Gitugi Emerges Top at Energy Awards

Kengen Managing Director Engineer Albert Mugo (centre) hands over a trophy to Rosemary Karimi, KTDA Operations Manager (left) and Regina Gitau, Acting Gitugi Factory Unit Manager during the Energy Management Awards on Friday 31st March. Gitugi Tea Factory won Best...

New KTDA Factory Directors Inducted

New KTDA Factory Directors Inducted

Tea farmers who are the factory shareholders, elect one-third of KTDA directors who retire on rotation every year. The directors also undertake a three-day Corporate Governance Training.