According to the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), interim figures for the financial year ending June 30, 2025 show that farmers in the 21 tea-growing constituencies earned between Ksh0.80 and Ksh19.10 less per kilogram compared to 2024.
The decline is not uniform. Farmers supplying factories in the East of the Rift Valley, mainly in the Mt Kenya region, are expected to receive between Ksh26 and Ksh57 per kilo as second payments, known locally as bonuses.
By contrast, growers in the Rift Valley and South Nyanza face much lower rates, ranging from Ksh10 to Ksh32 per kilo. For example, Kiru Tea Factory in Murang’a will pay Ksh32 per kilo, down from Ksh51.10 last year, while Embu’s Rukuri Tea Factory will pay Ksh57.50, a Ksh4 drop from 2024.
KTDA Tea factories bonus rate for this year,2024/2025 Financial year,The factories which have officially announced their rate as at 27/9/2025,The remaining factories will release their rate from Monday,so your factory position will keep changing until the last factories announce their rate,check your factory position:
1, Rukuriri tea factory 57.50 shilings
2, Mununga tea factory 57.00 shillings
3, Imenti tea factory 56.00 shillings
4, Ngere tea factory 53.10 shillings
5, Mungania tea factory 51 shillings
6, Kathangariri.Tea factory 50.5 shilings
7, Kiegoi tea factory 50 .2 shillings
8,Githongo tea factory 50,.1 shillings
9,Njunu tea factory 50 shillings
10,Kionyo tea factory 49.50 shillings
11,Kinoro tea factory 48.10 shillings
12,Ndima tea factory 47 shillings
12,Makomboki tea factory 47 shillings
13 Kimunye tea factory 46.00 shillings
14 , Nduti tea factory 45.00 shillings
15,Chinga tea factory 43 shillings
16, Gitugi tea factory 42.5shillings
17, Weru Tea factory 42.05 hillings
18,Igembe tea factory 41.1Shiling
19 Kambaa tea factory 41Shilings
20,Kangaita tea factory 40.2shilings
21,Theta /ndarugu tea factory 40 shillings
22,Kagwe tea factory 40 shillings
22, Thumaita tea factory 40 shillings
22,iriani tea factory 40 shillings
23,Mataara tea factory 36.2 shillings
24,Gacege tea factory 35.5 shillings
25, Kanyenyaini tea factory 33 shillings
25 Gatunguru tea factory 33 shillings
26, Momul Tea factory 32.5
27, Githambo tea factory 32 shillings
28,Kiru tea factory 32 shillings
29 Michimikuru tea factory 26.5 shillings
30, Kapkatet tea factory 24 shilings
31, Nyankoba tea factory 22 shilings
32,Litein tea factory 17 shillings
33,Toror tea factory bonus 15 shillings
33,Tegat tea factory 14.8 shillings
34, Kapkoros tea factory 14 shilings
35, Gianchore tea factory 13 shilings
36, Kebirigo tea factory 13 shilings
36,Kapset tea factory 13 shilings
37, Nyansiongo tea factory 12 shilings
38 sanganyi tea factory 12 shilings
39, Ogembo tea factory 12 shilings
40, mogogosiek tea factory 12 shilings
41,itumbe tea factory 11shilings
42, Nyamache tea factory 11 Shillings
43, Kiamokama tea factory 10 shillings
Some farmers in Kisii have started uprooting their tea to replace it with avocado, sugarcane or bananas.
