{"id":8308,"date":"2026-01-22T04:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=8308"},"modified":"2026-01-22T04:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:35:04","slug":"ktda-farmers-get-boost-as-monthly-tea-pay-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/ktda-farmers-get-boost-as-monthly-tea-pay-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"KTDA Farmers Get Boost as Monthly Tea Pay Rises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KTDA Farmers Get Boost as Monthly Tea Pay Rises<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small-scale tea farmers across the country will receive higher monthly payments following an increase in the tea production rate, former Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) National Chairman David Muni Ichoho has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Ichoho said the monthly tea pay has been raised to Sh30 per kilogramme from Sh25, with the new rate taking effect from January tea deliveries and payable in February payslips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that payments for farmers in the West of Rift region will vary depending on individual factory board resolutions, with rates expected to rise to about Sh26 per kilogramme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Ichoho attributed the improved earnings to sustained negotiations, improved marketing strategies, quality tea manufacturing and steady leadership within the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has been a continuous journey of championing economic empowerment for tea farmers to ensure more money remains in their pockets and bank accounts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also commended KTDA Chairman Chege Kirundi for championing the \u201cFarmer First\u201d agenda, saying the approach has helped prioritise growers\u2019 interests within the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya\u2019s tea sector supports more than five million livelihoods and remains one of the country\u2019s leading foreign exchange earners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KTDA Farmers Get Boost as Monthly Tea Pay Rises Small-scale tea farmers across the country&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8334,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308\/revisions\/8334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}