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Chebut Tea factory falls within KTDA administrative Region 7 and is located at Kapsabet Location, Emgwen Sub-County of Nandi County in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
It is situated at an altitude of 2000 Metres above sea level, 45 Km from Eldoret town and approximately 300 Km west of Nairobi.
Chebut Tea factory was commissioned on 4th, November 1972 by the first president of the Republic of Kenya, the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta – to serve the then emerging small scale tea farmers in Nandi Region. It is within Zone 12 and manufactures black CTC tea.
Zone 12 is a KTDA administrative region that covers Western Uasin Gishu & Trans-Nzoia.
The factory was previously under George Williamsons Tea Company before Kenya Tea Development Authority took over the running of the Factory in 1981. It was privatized in the year 2000 becoming a limited Company owned by registered tea farmers in Nandi.
Due to the expansion of tea production business registered in the region over time, additional factories were opened. These were Mudete Tea factory in 1998 (Western), Kapsara tea factory in 2008 (Trans-Nzoia) and recently Kaptumo tea factory which was commissioned on 4th, February 2011 by the then Minister for Agriculture Dr. Sally Kosgei, it is a satellite of Chebut tea factory.
The climate is conducive for both relief and convectional rainfall. It is also fairly warm.
The catchment has deep- red well drained volcanic loam soils.
This offers a suitable growing environment for tea.
The type of tea grown here is Assam tea with common clones being 6/8, 31/8, C12, T N14/3, SFS 150 and 303/577.
These clones were developed by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, each with outstanding characteristics in terms of yield and quality.
The factory produces Black CTC teas.
The Factory is designed to comfortably handle 25 Million kilograms of green tea leaf annually. The processing is completely automated.
The factory manufactures premium quality black CTC teas.
Where you can find us
The Company is a limited liability Company with a Board of Directors elected directly by the shareholders.
The Board authors corporate policies governing the conduct of Company business.
The basic operational unit is Green Tea Collection Centre owned by a group of growers within the locality. The daily affairs of the centre are governed by a five member committee popularly elected by the affiliated tea growers.
The factory has a total of 10,645 registered growers delivering green leaf to the factory.
Integration Management System and Food Safety
The scope of the integrated management system is provision of agricultural services, receipt of green leaf, manufacture, packaging and dispatch of black tea.
The Food safety scope covers the Made Black Tea processed through Field Services; Green leaf reception, withering, CTC/Orthodox, Fermentation, Drying, Sorting, Packing and Dispatch at Kiru Tea Factory.
