Women picking tea on a farm in Nyeri, central Kenya. While Uganda was at par with Kenya at the introduction of tea as a cash crop in the 1960s, Kenya has increased acreage almost a 100 fold to slightly above 190,000 hectares while Uganda has only grown marginally to about 40,000 hectares. PHOTO | FILE
Lack of regulation policies and competition is hurting the production of tea in Uganda.
Having earned the country $72 million in 2015/16 financial year, experts project that the tea sector is capable of fetching at least $100 million annually.
