More stocks of unsold teas are back in the warehouses over the levy

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Agriculture and livestock development CS, Mutahi Kagwe. [File Courtesy]

Tea warehouses in Mombasa are reportedly holding 10,554,071 kilogrammes of made tea since the introduction of the tea levy of Sh 2.28 per kilo destined for export.

In the last five auctions, factories in the east of the rift between May 1 and June 2, accumulated 9,142,657 kgs, in the warehouses, and those in the west of the rift packed 1, 141,414 kgs.

Tea farmers at Ikumbi, Githambo, Kanyenya Ini, and Makomboki factories in Murang'a objected to the tea levy, calling on the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi Kagwe, to offer an honest direction to save the industry from imminent collapse.