Higher dividends, bonus share issues and royalty payments boosted George Williamson’s returns from its Kenyan tea subsidiaries during the year ended March 2026.
Williamson Tea and Kapchorua Tea have announced significantly higher dividends, funded partly by retained earnings, despite reporting lower revenues during the 2025/26 financial year.
Williamson Tea and Kapchorua Tea name Angus Omete Executive Director as veteran executive Samuel Thumbi steps down.
Rising operational costs and weak global tea prices weigh down profits, prompting capital restructuring by Kenya’s top tea firms.