The Mountain Journal
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The weekly tea market fetched Sh 1,377,058,020 from the sale of 5,296,377kgs of tea at the Mombasa Tea Auction.
The auction reports indicate that tea factories, Mununga, Gathuthi, Kathangariri, Rukuriri and Imenti achieved the higher prices of between Sh365 per kilogramme of tea and Sh321 per kilogramme.
In the market analysis , Murang’a based Ngere Tea Factory presented the large consignment of tea weighing 221,940 kgs of tea that generated Sh67,913,640.
In a report by the Tea brokers East Africa Limited (TBEAL), dated March 4, Mununga sold 134,476kgs for Sh49,083,740, Rukuriri 87,144kgs for Sh 28,234,656.972, Njunu tea factory Sh 22,165,662 after the sale of 73,154kgs.
It further detailed that Gacharage tea factory sold 93,712kgs for Sh28,863,296.
Njunu factory directors Maina Gathua and Isaac Muiruri lauded the farmers for the continued production of the quality tea, from the farm level.
They said at the factory, the management has ensured that the processing of the tea is in accordance with the set standards.
“ Njunu tea has for years remained the leading in the market owing to the farmers dedication in production of quality green leaf,” said Maina, the vice chairman at Njunu.
Ngere factory chairman James Githinji appreciated the tea farmers for their dedication in the tea farming thus leading to quality production.
Githinji, also a director at KTDA Holding, was committed to ensure the tea produced across the counties was destined to the international market.
“ With other stakeholders the directors have been visiting the tea catchments educating the farmers on the best farming practices,” said Githinji.
In the West of Rift , Momul tea factory led in the sale after it netted Sh 21,740,712 from 81,732kgs, followed by Nyankoba that auctioned 47,156kgs for Sh9,902,760.
Kobel factory in the sale analysis presented 79,816 kgs that earned Sh 12,291,664.
