On the 23rd of November 2022, the Kenya Kwanza government promised that the amount of processed tea leaving Kenya would move up from 5% to 50% in five years. Additionally, his ten-year plan was for Kenya to be processing all the tea produced here.
On the 6th of January 2023, the Tea Amendment Bill 2023 was published which seeks to amend certain provisions in the Tea Bill 2020 in an effort to liberate the tea industry in Kenya.
The Kenya Kwanza government has affirmed that it has factored in key tax incentives in the 2025/2026 Finance Bill, including the removal of excise duty on tea packaging materials and the elimination of VAT on value-added tea exports.
