Business Daily | by John Mutua
Some 51 tea factories from central Kenya have joined a case seeking to quash sections of the Tea Act.
The tea companies under Mungania Tea Factory Company Limited were joined in the case after they filed the case before the High Court in Embu. The tea factories are challenging Sections 5 (1) (e) & (I), 21 (2), 22, 25, 33, 34, 36, 37 (3), 39, 40, 41, 42, 45 and 74 of the Tea Act, which came into effect in January.
Through lawyer Benson Millimo, they argue that the sections infringe on several laws including the Companies Act, the Law of Contract…
