The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has announced that smallholder tea farmers will receive their final payment for the 2024/2025 financial year by October 15, 2025.
In a notice issued, October 8, 2025, KTDA said the payments follow the conclusion of the 2024-25 financial year accounts and the subsequent declaration of final green leaf payments by respective factory boards.
The payments will be credited directly to farmers’ bank accounts alongside proceeds for green leaf deliveries made in September 2025, said the agency.
“Following the conclusion of the Financial Year 2024/25 accounts and subsequent declaration of the final green leaf payment by the respective factory Boards of directors, the same shall be released to the farmers’ respective banks not later than 15th October 2025,” KTDA said in a statement.
The agency also confirmed that the payout will include the funds recovered from Imperial Bank and Chase Bank, both of which have been under liquidation for several years.
The Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) recently released the funds amounting to Sh2.7 billion after the intervention of the government.
KTDA commended the government for facilitating the recovery of these funds, which had been trapped since the collapse of the two banks.
President William Ruto, who presided over the event at State House last month, urged the agency to ensure the recovered money reaches the farmers.
The move by KTDA to release the funds complies with the directive from Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Paul Ronoh, who instructed that the money be paid to farmers as part of their 2024/25 bonuses.
“You are hereby required to ensure that the funds are paid equitably to farmers and reflected in their payslips as GoK Refund,” PS Ronoh directed KTDA CEO Wilson Muthaura.
Farmers, KTDA said, will see the details of the payments reflected both in their official payslips and through their KTDA mobile app accounts, ensuring transparency and accessibility of information regarding the final payout.
The announcement comes as a welcome relief for thousands of smallholder farmers.
Tea factories in Bomet recorded some of the lowest payouts in the country-Mogogosiek at Sh12 per kilogram, and Kapkoros and Kapset at Sh13 per kilogram.
KTDA, however, defended the drop in prices, noting that it did not affect one particular region.
The agency reported that tea from the East Rift and Kiambu fetched Sh371 per kilo, a drop of Sh46 from last year. Murang’a earned Sh376, down Sh42; Nyeri Sh388, down Sh42; Kirinyaga Sh400, down Sh38; Embu Sh404, down Sh34; and Meru Sh381, down Sh46.
