The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke KTDA has adjusted the monthly green leaf payment to Sh 30 per kilogramme up from Sh 25 per kilogramme which was imposed in 2020 to conform with the Tea Act 2020. In the last year AGMs; the farmers from the tea growing belts raised their voice calling for the increment of…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) netted Sh 2.4 billion in the weekly auction after the estate and cooperatives offered 40,918 bags. The market had 18 buyers as the Alliance Berries Limited offered the highest volume of 14,651 bags that fetched 917.3 million. New KPCU:6,107 bags ( Sh 359 million), Kirinyaga Slopes…
The Mountain Journal editor@themoutainjournal.co.ke At least 50 candidates have been attracted to the position of KTDA Group CEO, which was left by Wilson Muthaura who proceeded to retirement last week, the agency leadership has said. The KTDA Holding Board on Monday divulged that five of the candidates are its internal employees serving in various positions…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea factories under KTDA management earned Sh 1.1 billion following the auction of 3,293,031 kgs ( 47,080packages) at the Mombasa Tea Auction. Last week, the factories sold 5,756,180kgs that fetched Sh 899 million in the market. In the weekly market, Gathuthi, Mununga, Kimunye, Imenti, Rukururi, Ngere tea factories have been listed…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market fetched Sh 1.9 billion following the sale of 31,723 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE), during the weekly auction. Gachatha and Guama coffee farmers societies achieved the highest price of Sh 64, 500 per bag of grade AA for each of the 224 bags bought…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee farmers affiliated to Wanjengi coffee factory in Murang’a hold monthly meetings focusing on acquiring knowledge to uplift their farming management and increase production. In the monthly meetings, the farmers interact with experts in the coffee value chain including agronomists, auction experts, administrators among others. Last year, Wanjengi factory was awarded…
The coffee auction resumed after the December break netting Sh 1.5 billion after the sale of 24,890 bags of coffee sourced from the estates and cooperative societies. At the closure of the auction on December 16, the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) had auctioned a total of 150,008 bags for the period between October and December…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) made a historic mark after it netted Sh 1.8 billion for the coffee farmers in estates and cooperatives after the auction of 30,406 bags. The report indicates that Gititu Farmers Co-operative Society in Kiambu County, and Gatomboya factory in Nyeri whose coffee was brokered by Alliance…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) traded 22,549 bags of coffee that earned farmers in estates and cooperatives a total of Sh 1.4 billion. The weekly sale achieved more than 18,341 bags that were sold in the last week. Gachatha Factory in Nyeri County, presented by Alliance Berries Ltd. The 78-bag lot…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The New KPCU has been on the spot after the parliament unearthed extensive financial and administrative irregularities of more than Sh 1billion, in unsupported expenditure and unlawful staff retention practices. National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture (PIC-SSAA) chaired by Navakholo MP Emmanuel Wangwe, interrogated New KPCU’…
