NAIROBI, Kenya, July 13 – The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) chairman, David Muni Ichoho, has resigned after two years at the helm.
Through a letter to the KTDA Group Company Secretary, Ichoho will effectively be leaving his current position tomorrow.
However, he did not provide reasons for his retirement.
“I hereby tender my resignation as the chairman of KTDA (H) with immediate effect from Friday, 14th July 2023 at 1400hrs,” reads the entirety of the letter, which was handwritten and signed by Ichoho.
His resignation comes on the heels of the Tea Reforms Conference that was held last week in Kericho, where DP Rigathi Gachagua challenged KTDA to carry out meaningful reforms to benefit smallholder tea farmers.
During the conference, the DP hit out at some individuals, saying he would be inviting the National Intelligence Service to move in and conduct an audit.
“Farmers are very good people and have sent us details. Somebody has travelled 36 times out of the country on farmers’ money,” Gachagua said.
“You must agree to work with us or you lose everything, otherwise as a government, we have a way of removing you from office so that we work together.”
Ichoho was appointed KTDA chair in June 2021, after the nationwide ouster of previous holders.
