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Tea farmers in the weekly sale earned Sh1.5 billion from the sale of 4.6 million kgs of tea at the Mombasa Tea Auction up from the previous Sh1.4 billion.
In the sale, the Kimunye factory earned the highest payment of Sh45.5 million after the sale of 108,880 kgs of tea.
Ngere tea factory was ranked the second fetching Sh41.9 million after the sale of 100,392 kgs.
The sale reflected an increase from the previous week sale of Sh1.4 billion following export of 4,198,294 kgs of the commodity to the market
Other best performers were Mununga Sh41 million,Mungania Sh38.7 million,Chinga Sh36.3 million, Makomboki Sh35.2 million,Rukiriri Sh34.6 million.
Others are Gachege Sh34.3 million, Gacharage Sh20.9 million, Nduti Sh19.9 million, and Njunu Sh20.2 million.
KTDA Holding Chairman Enos Njeru appreciated the farmers for the ongoing plucking of quality green leaf at the farm level.
The stakeholders in the tea sector, Mr Njeru said, are educating the farmers in the counties to embrace production of quality green leaf.
“We congratulate Chebut and Tirgaga tea factories from the west of the rift valley for being among the first 20 factories in the market. Chebut got a payment of Sh28.7 million and Tirgaga got Sh28.3 million,” said Njeru.
Chebut presented 129,504 kg in the market 129,504 kgs while Tirgaga 127,144 kgs at the weekly auction.
In the market the factories that got the least are Eberege Sh1.4 million, Kebirigo Sh6.2 million, Mogogosiek Sh7.8 million, Nyamache Sh8.1 million, and Kaptumo Sh8.3 million.
Tea value chain Expert Peter Karomo said the market has been encouraging with the buyers buying the commodity in volumes to satisfy their customers.
“It is worth noting that factories in the west of the rift following the ongoing training on better quality production through the value chain are doing better in the market,” said Karomo.
