The Tea Board of Kenya was established under Section 3 of the Tea Act, 2020. The Tea Act came into effect on 11th January 2021. Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) is mandated through the Act to perform the following functions:

• promote best practices and standards in the production, processing, marketing, grading, storage, collection, transportation and warehousing of tea;
• facilitate marketing and distribution of tea through gathering and dissemination of market information and monitoring of the local and global supply demand situation;
• regulate the sale, import and exports of tea;
• develop, implement and coordinate a national tea marketing strategy;
• promote and advise on strategies for value addition and product diversification;
• promote demand and consumption of tea locally and internationally;
• identify market needs and trends and advise the Cabinet Secretary on issues related to national and international tea trade;
• collaborate with national and international trade bodies on tea related matters;

Tea Board of Kenya undertakes generic promotion activities of Kenya tea in partnership and collaboration with the various stakeholders in the tea value chain and Kenya’s Diplomatic Missions in the international markets. Tea Board has membership to tea councils and association as well as other international bodies in certain markets, which it collaborates with in generic tea promotion activities.

Other functions include: -

§ Issuance of Licenses and Certificates of Registration to Stakeholders along value chain

§ Technical Services, Capacity Building, Research and Innovation

• Build capacities and provide technical assistance to counties on tea matters and promote technology transfer.

• promote best practices and standards in the production and processing,

• Evaluate the industry processing capacity and advise on the establishment of new Tea processing factories

• Capacity build on Tea processing and tea quality assurance