The Mountain Journal Fate of the Tea Amendment Bill 2023 hangs in balance after Speaker Moses Wetangula declared its null and void after Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe during the proceedings failed to declare his interest. After he failed to declare his interest in the tea sector, he participated in the deliberations related to the…
The Mountain Journal The tea levy has negatively affected the industry with buyers abandoning teas from the east of Rift. The buyers seek the Tea Levy should be pegged on volumes of the produce, instead on the alue. The buyers have turned to the west of the rift and the neighbouring countries fearing cost imposed…
Photo/ Youth leaders affiliated to the Nyeri Hill Organic Herbs and Eco Fuel Enterprises (NOHEFE) in their farm. The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee exports earned Kenya farmers Sh 2.37 from the direct sales that were dispatched to several destinations internationally. In the period between October and March in the coffee year 2025/2026 , AFA reports…
Kenya’s floriculture industry is demonstrating renewed resilience and global competitiveness despite mounting geopolitical, freight and sustainability pressures, as organizers announced a record-breaking edition of the upcoming International Floriculture Trade Expo (IFTEX) 2026. The 13th edition of IFTEX taking place between 2nd and 4th June will bring together 210 exhibitors — up from 189 last year…
Photo? Pauline Wanjiru displaying the roasted coffee while in the group’s coffee farm in Nyeri. The Mountain Journal A youth group in Nyeri is reaping returns from coffee through the value addition initiatives with a kilogramme fetching Sh2,500. The 11 members affiliated to the Nyeri Hill Organic Herbs and Eco Fuel Enterprises (NOHEFE) reap profits…
The Mountain Journal Coffee cooperative societies in Murang’a are competing on production of quality coffee as a strategy to uplifting farmers living standard The management of Gatagua and Kahuhia farmers cooperative societies in the past three years have been working on strategies to uplift farmers’ social and economic status through increase of quality coffee. Speaking…
The Mountain Journal The tea factories in the east of the rift achieved low prices for the second week running, following the implementation of the tea levy 2026 of Sh 2.28 of a kilogramme of made tea at the auction. In the weekly auction, KTDA-managed factories in the East complained of reduced tea sales due…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjoural The recently implemented Tea levy charging Sh 2.28 per kg of made tea has immensely affected Kenya’ s tea at the weekly Mombasa Auction. Tea sales experts assert that the majority of the buyers who had favoured the Kenya tea have shifted to produce from other countries at the auction. In…
The Mountain Journal The small holder tea factories in the weekly tea market fetched Sh 1.37 billion after the auction of 4.1 million kgs of tea at the Mombasa Tea Auction. In the market, the factories under the KTDA management that achieved the premier price are Gathuthi, Sh 424 per kgs Mununga Sh 424 per…
The Mountain Journal More tea factories have ventured into the installation of the orthodox tea processing equipment focusing on the expanded market, among other destinations. already, more than 12 factories produce the much needed specialty tea. The tea growers affiliated to the 71 tea processing factories, approved venturing into the new market through allocating use…
