Kenya Tea Industry Performance Report - 2025 October

Tea production for the month of October 2025 stood at 49.70 Million Kgs, which was more or less at par compared to 50.06 Million Kgs recorded during the same period of 2024. However, this was a slight recovery from the declining production trend that was recorded between the months of June and September 2025. The recovery follows increasedprecipitation received during the month of October following the onset of the "short rains"
season. The onset of the rains in the highlands West of the Rift Valley and the Central Rift Valley was mostly realized at the beginning of October and continued throughout the month. However, in the Highlands East of the Rift Valley and the Southern Rift Valley, the onset was realized during the fourth week of the month. During the month, tea growing areas in some parts of the West of the Rift received moderate rainfall ranging from an average of 28.4 mm to 72.1 mm daily for Kericho and 28.3 mm to 65.4 mm in Nandi. However, the other parts of the West of the Rift (Bomet and Kisii/Nyamira) and East of the Rift recorded generally low precipitation averaging between 3mm to 22mm daily. Consequent to fairly good and well distributed precipitation within the tea growing areas in West of the Rift, output recorded for the month was marginally higher by 1.23% (0.395 Million Kgs) from 32.113 Million Kgs during the corresponding period of 2024 to 32.508 Million Kgs. However, tea output within East of the Rift was lower by 4.21% (0.755 Million Kgs) from 17.947 Million Kgs recorded in October 2024 to 17.192 Million Kgs,owing to lower rainfall recorded in the region.