Kenya's Tea industry is a colonial cartel

News & Politics
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After recently buying out Unilever’s 52% stake in Limuru Tea, on 4 July 2022, Puccini served on the Board of Directors of Limuru Tea a notice of intention to make a cash offer to acquire up to 100% of the ordinary shares of Limuru Tea.

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So you trust your father ?

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For the longest time , the Government of Kenya has been a Fence Sitter or Back Seat Driver on the most strategic parts of our economy …

  • Agriculture , Food and Dairy Processing.
  • Tourism , Hotels and Nature Conservation.
  • Natural Resources , Energy and Mineral Value addition.
  • Fishing , Seafood Farming and Processing.
  • Air , Road , Rail , Sea and Lake transport.

In a land of plenty , we still lag behind in :-

  • Meat & Dairy Processing and Marketing.
  • Fish & Seafood Farming and Processing.
  • Tea , Coffee, Sugar and Grain Processing and Marketing in the hands of shady Cartels.
  • Dead Cotton , Edible Nuts , Nut Oil and Pyrethrum Industries.
  • Hotel and Tourism ( …Spain has far less to offer than we do but are able to attract 15 million tourists a Year …)

If just the above would revived and put in the hands professional and efficient managers , the returns , benefits and employment generation would be astronomical …

However …
One thing is clear for sure …
UDA / Jubilee Wheelbarrow Bottom-Up Sugoi Hustler Conmen and their Cronies are not the people who will get us to that promised land …

They are too busy in their backward political campaigns , building 67 mythical Dams and 9 National Stadiums , conning Mama Mbogas and Boda Boda riders…

Shenzi Kabisa …

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Limuru Tea Plc - Cautionary notice; proposed acquisition by Ekaterra Tea Kenya Plc.

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Williamson Tea Kenya has shifted its marketing to selling high-quality tea to Pakistani and Egyptian buyers through the Mombasa auction following regulatory changes that made the coastal city the main hub for trading tea.

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