Turbulent transition: KTDA finance director backed by new board as ousted Kenya tea agency officials told ‘to carry own cross’
The potential economic crimes and financial fiddling Rugutt alludes to are a subject of a 2021 investigation by Attorney General Paul Kihara that implicated several senior officials at KTDA and recommended prosecution by the relevant state agencies.
Kenya: Tell Media investigations expose massive looting of tea farmers’ funds at KTDA, cartel launches vicious fightback to regain stranglehold
Over the past three weeks, Tell Media investigations found, there have been coordinated attacks targeting KTDA board members and factory officials from locations such as Kebirigo in Nyamira and Kapkoros in Kericho, as well as senior staff at KTDA subsidiaries such as KTDA Holdings Ltd and Chai Trading Ltd.
KTDA launches its mouth and ears – The KTDA Magazine – to stay in touch with tea farmers in Kenya
KTDA Group CEO Wilson Muthaura explained the significance of the ‘Farmer First’ mantra through the Kisii term “ukuchu” that translates ‘to rise’. He observed that every decision KTDA makes must lead to one outcome, which is, putting more money in the farmer’s pocket.
