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Kenya
Cabinet secretary Kagwe forms committee for embattled tea industry

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Kenya's Minister of Agriculture in Nairobi, in March 2020.
Kenya's Minister of Agriculture in Nairobi, in March 2020. © Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

A new export tax has thrown the tea industry into disarray. To support the measure, which is meant to promote the sector, the cabinet secretary for agriculture has tasked a newly formed committee with finding solutions for unsold stocks and promoting Kenyan tea internationally.

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