For every penny you normally invest how much do you often wish it would give birth to?Well this is a burden shared by many business men and women in all industries especially our farmers who put their sweat in the farm believing in the proceeds of the results.
The Kenya Tea Development Agency in an over supply dilemma has announced that small scale tea farmers will be getting additional sh 1 for their produce as monthly pay.
Agency Chairman Peter Kanyago said the increased pay would take effect from April raising the monthly payments from Sh15 to Sh 16.
Farmers have been pressing for increased pay but the small adjustment may not see many smiling all the way to the bank.Initially the agency had said it would only consider reviews that would be within sustainable levels.
Kanyago however pointed out this was a normal periodic increment, which come after every three years.
The small increase has not pleased many farmers with some representatives expressing discontent.
Kanyago noted that international tea prices had gone down due to over oversupply of green tea leaves and the quest for increased pay was being looked at keenly.
This had made it difficult for KTDA to consider adjusting the monthly payment from Sh15 per kilo to the levels desired by farmers due to what he termed a problem with cash flow.