Tea auction fetch Sh1.3 billion

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke  The weekly tea auction earned small scale growers approximately Sh1.32 billion for the sale of  5,746,104kgs. The sale at the Mombasa Tea Auction reflected an increase compared to the previous sale of Sh1,250,818,689. In the market  Mununga tea factory received Sh34.1 million, followed by Kathangariri Sh. 21.6 million. The factories in…

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Health criss in Nanyuki

The Mountain Journal  editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Health services at Nanyuki Referral Hospital have been grounded after the health workers have downed their tools. The Nurses and Midwives began their strike in the morning paralysing services in the hospital serving parts of the counties of Meru, Nyeri and Laikipia. The nurses are demanding, among other ten grievances, the…

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Coffee farmers mints’ gains

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market is set to proceeds on May 6, marking the end of the main crop harvesting that started on October 1, last year that earned Sh11.1 billion. The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE)  will be closed between May 6 and July 8. In the first half of the crop year…

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