This archive report was first published on 25 October 2019.
On October 25, 2019, Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Board Chairman Peter Kanyago was re-elected as the smallholder tea farmers' representative for the Zone Four area.
With an overwhelming display of confidence, Kanyago won by 29 votes to one to retain his seat at the national level.
Zone Four consists of five tea factory companies: Chinga, Iriaini, Gitugi, Gathuthi, and Ragati.
Speaking after being declared the winner, Kanyago thanked farmers from the area for displaying confidence in him, saying, 'I am grateful to the tea farmers in Zone Four for electing me to represent them. It is an overwhelming display of confidence and a responsibility which I humbly accept.'
He added that the election process is free, fair, and transparent, allowing smallholder tea farmers to elect representatives to the factory boards to oversee the prudent management of factories.
According to Kanyago, the annual elections enable shareholders to elect representatives to their Boards, and every member whose name is entered in the register of members is referred to as a shareholder, holding shares in their own right and having the right to vote for the leadership they desire.
