WELCOME TO KIPCHABO
TEA FACTORY

Kipchabo Tea Factory is designed as a three-line
factory with an annual capacity of 18 million kilograms
of green leaf per year.

COMMERCIAL AND
VALUE ADDITION UNITS

Currently, NTZDC commercial department
sells 10% of tea produced from Kipchabo
Tea Factory locally.

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THE MAIN AIM OF THE FACTORY IS
THE PRODUCTION OF BLACK CTC TEA

The factory processes green leaf from four catchment areas namely; Nandi North & South, Kakamega and Kaptarakwa. The factory has processed a total of 142,163,090.73 kilograms of green leaf. This has been converted to 32,627,591.25 kilograms of made tea.

LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT

To date, NTZDC directly supports the livelihoods of between 10,000 to 12,000 people who operate in the buffer zones on daily basis.

INVESTING IN CONSERVATION

The buffer zones have successfully stopped human encroachment into the forestland, contributed to the natural regeneration of the protected forests and maintained the country’s tree cover which is crucial in mitigating the deleterious effects of climate change.

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the first tea manufacturing plant owned by NTZDC

ABOUT US

After the maturing of its first tea bushes in 1989, Nyayo Tea Zones Development Corporation (NTZDC) waited for another 25 years before delivering its green leaf to its own factory.Until then, all the tea grown by NTZDC was processed by KTDA and other industry players. That arrangement however changed in 2010 in the North Rift Region, when the Corporation opened its Kipchabo Tea Factory (KTF), marking the first tea manufacturing plant owned by NTZDC.

15M

Kilograms of green leaf produced annually

54%

of tea processed is contributed by outgrowers

Ksh 1.2B

Contributed annually by Kipchabo Tea Factory to NTZDC

CONSERVATION

Forest Conservation was the main purpose for the creation and establishment of Nyayo Tea Zones Development Corporation in 1986.

LIVELIHOOD TRANSFORMATION

Nyayo Tea Zones Development Corporation apart from being established to guard against encroachment also provides a component of livelihood to the communities

Community Engagement

Nyayo Tea Zones Development Corporation apart from being established to guard against encroachment also provides a component of livelihood to the communities

Commercial and Value Addition Unit’s

Established in 2014, NTZDC commercial department is responsible for value addition of the Corporation’s products across the value chain. Currently, the department sells 10% of tea produced from Kipchabo Tea Factory locally. The department is also responsible for tea auction process that deals with tea exports sold through the auction.
The main purpose of establishing the administrative division was to create value addition opportunities for NTZDC teas by introducing new brands so as to optimize value from the market.

VISION 2030

The Corporation’s mandate and operations contribute
greatly towards the achievement of the Country’s
economic blueprint, the Kenya Vision 2030.

1. Environmental Conservation

Our blueprint’s vision for environment
is “a nation living in a clean, secure
and sustainable environment”

2. Manufacturing

The Corporation processed 25,804,699
Kilograms of green leaf tea at its Kipchabo
Tea Factory between January 1st to 31st Dec,
2020 compared to 20,069,176 Kgs
processed in 2019.

3. Value addition

Value addition of agricultural products
has been identified to play a vital role
in the economic development of the
country.