Kenyan tea traders have raised concern over the ban on Kenyan imports by the Sudanese Government.

The traders under the umbrella of the  East African Tea Trade Association (EATTA) said they have started experiencing huge losses due to the ban.

Addressing the media at the tea trade centre in Mombasa, EATTA Managing Director George Omuga appealed to the government to urgently engage Sudan to allow buyers a window of at least one month to clear the teas already dispatched to that country.

This he said will help to prevent more losses.

“Several containers of tea already dispatched destined to Sudan are in the high seas others at the warehouses here in Mombasa, they currently cannot be shipped out due to this ban." said Omuga.

Adding " We are pleading to our government to please find out the best solution to this, since our people are suffering."

According to the tea buyers associationChairman Peter Kimanga already there are 207 containers waiting for shipment to Sudan while other teas are in warehouses, high seas or in Port Sudan.

This comes just days after griculture Cabinet Secretary  Mutahi Kagwe  visited the auction centre and held a meeting with tea traders.

The ban of Kenyan tea imports has been interpretated as a retaliation by the Sudanese military leadership after Nairobi hosted rebels from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.