TBK Integrated Management Information System

The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) is a State Corporation established under the Tea Act 2020 of the laws of Kenya with a core mandate of regulating and developing the tea industry.

IMIS System is a project by Tea Board of Kenya for the automation its business process.

The role of the system is to enable stakeholders in the tea industry acquire regulatory documents from remote locations and at their convenience without having to visit the agency.
The system will facilitate the achievement of efficiency gains and as well integrate to the Kentrade Trade Facilitation Portal (TFP), Payment Platform and other applications as may be appropriate to provide an online platform for stakeholder interaction with Tea Board of Kenya.

Tea Board of Kenya IMIS will achieve the below:

  • Automate business processes of Tea Board of Kenya to:
  • Reduce the cycle time to issuing regulatory documents from the respective directorates
  • Enable capturing of all requisite inspection information on the platform
  • Inform the stakeholders on the status of their applications on the system
  • Reduce the complexity of the payments process by integrating to a payment gateway
  • Facilitate online availability of data to the stakeholders
  • Ensure the accurate and efficient capture of applications by limiting tampering of data by putting controls in the system
  • Enable traders importing and exporting crops acquire regulatory documents from remote locations and at their convenience without having to visit the agency
  • Enable Tea Board of Kenya to realize full efficiency gains
  • Prepare Tea Board of Kenya for integration to the Kentrade Trade Facilitation Portal (TFP), Payment Platform and other applications as may be appropriate
  • Reduce administrative cost and time by eliminating paperwork through automated data collection
  • Increased transparency through built in audit trail reports and analytics
  • Enable traceability of agricultural produce to the farm of origin through the use of GIS
  • Improved Time to make decisions through intelligent market reporting tools