Experience

East African Growers Limited

• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Outgrower Manager Fruit

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  In-charge of company fruit sectionEstablishing Outgrower program for Avocado, Mango and Passion FruitDrafting Outgrower and suppliers' contractsNegotiating the contract terms with Outgrowers and suppliersMaking route mapping for the transport of fruitAddressing issues of fruit quality through developing spray program for Avocado and Mango and organizing training for Outgrowers and suppliersAttending Outgrowers and suppliers meetings and trainingLiaising with County departments of agriculture,local administration, KEPHIS and HCD on conditions to be met for export.Implementing the Certification bodies requirements - Organic, Global GAP, BRC and export market requirementsMaking and Managing department's budget

• Outgrower Manager Fruit

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  To start and manage Outgrower system for the supply of Avocado,Mango and Passion fruit for exportAchievementsEstablished Outgrower and other suppliers systems for procuring fruits(avocado, mangoes and passion fruit)Established data base of farmers and other suppliersDrew up spray programs of Avocado, Mango and Passion Fruit acceptable to GAP, BRC, Organic and EU MRLsCreated good relations and channels of communication with farmers and other suppliersEstablished good working relations with County governments of source areas, KEPHIS and HCDImproved on quantity and quality of fruits exported



Richard International limited

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Country Manager - Central African Republic

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2016

  Established Stevia Plantation in Damara and Bimo regions.Managed timber Teak plantation in Damara and Bwali regionsNegotiated contracts for the clearance of the plantation and supervised the clearance, Created systems for the running of the company, Recruited supervisory staff,Making budgetWorked with the relevant government authorities for plant import permits,Work permits,Export permits,Was doing Stevia production projection forecastDrew work plan annual budget for both Timber and stevia Arranged logistics for export of Stevia product to ChinaRepresented the company in government invited functionsArranged and handled visit schedules of the company directors from LondonAchievements Managed 100 Hactares of Timber ( Teak) and established 200 Hectares of SteviaEstablished a good relationship with community surrounding the plantationsEstablished good working relationship with the relevant government authoritiesImparted on to the the labour discipline and work ethics.Did trials and came with new stevia planting system which addressed long time high mortality issue with Stevia during lifting of saplings from nursery beds, planting and after planting. This resulted in high production per unit area and increased production and acceptability of Stevia.



PureCircle Kenya Limited

• Business Development Manager

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2013

  Developing Stevia in Six Counties; Kericho, Nandi, Narok, Uasin Gishu, Bungoma, Nakuru and Meru through agents, large scale and small scale farmers and putting up nurseries for the saplings in strategic areas.AchievementIntroduced Stevia to 8 countiesChanged the farmers (small scale) mind set from subsistence to business mind set which resulted in increase in acceptability and production

• Propagation Manager

  • Oct 2010 - Apr 2012

  In-charge of Stevia sapling propagation for the company in all the company nurseries and farmers' nurseries.Follow up on mortality after transplanting and mitigation measuresResearching on new propagation methods in view of increasing the sapling production at the least costWorking out the strategies of rolling out nurseries to farmersWorking out the logistics of transporting cuttings and saplings to farmersAchievementEstablished crop calendar for the company which resulted in efficient and effective operations hence less wastage and losses and high productivity

• Assistant Manager Propagation

  • Aug 2008 - Sep 2009

  In charge of company nurseries and farmsPropagation of saplings through Tissue CultureSelection of Varieties of Stevia for commercial production and roll out to OutgrowersManaging company KEPHIS quarantine farmsRecruiting and training OutgrowersResearching on Stevia propagation methods in view of improving production per nursery bed,simplifying and reducing the cost.Training field technical assistants and nursery workersAchievementCreated a Stevia skilled labour and contributed largely to Stevia Life Rwanda and Richard International starting Stevia farming in Rwanda and Central Africa RepublicCame up with cost effective micro cloches for the propagation of Stevia saplings which resulted in the transfer of Stevia propagation skills and simplifying and cutting the cost of productionAuthored Stevia Growers Manual which went along in simplifying Stevia cultivation, creating awareness and passing skills and eventually creating Stevia skilled labour.



Finlays Kenya Limited

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Field Assistant

  • Jan 2005 - Apr 2008

  In-charge of Tea field operations;-Tea propagation-New clearing,Land preparation and Tea planting-Nurturing young tea to maturity-Arranging plucking rounds and monthly leaf estimates-Managing plucking Labour and leaf quality-Arranging for fertilizer application-Piloting and managing the first mechanical pruning and came up with up with cost effective methods-supervising the introduction of Kitchen gardens on labour lines and seeing to its successful implementation in all the Kaproret and Soet Labour lines-Implementing Fair trade Labeling Organization and Rain forest Alliance Conditions in Kaproret Estate.- Participating in Labour welfare activities of the companyAchievementEstablished a mechanical pruning system which is cost effective and efficient, resulting in low maintenance cost of the pruning machines and high productivity in prunersContributed to security and safety of workers in our estate and zone during 2007/2008 post election violence and reconciliation Did land preparation and planting of tea by use of contract labour which resulted in over 40 hectares being planted in time and in the low cost of land preparation and planting

• Grade one Supervisor

  • Mar 1998 - Dec 2004

  In-charge of Tea;-Plucking-Pruning-Weeding-Fertilizer application-New clearing-Labour welfareAchievementAt Cheptabes Estate North Division in one Plucking group I created ownership of schemes and monitoring of production by each scheme owner which resulted in higher productivity. Also encouraged scheme weeding the fields against group and general weeding which resulted in ownership and responsibility, lesser weeding rounds per field translating to low cost of weeding.