Category: Agriculture

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke  The government has appointed a  national and county  steering  committee charged with formulating strategies  on revival of coffee focusing on increasing coffee production. In two years, the committee will work towards introducing coffee in the non-traditional areas,  and increase the same in the traditional counties. The coffee production stands are 50,000…

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) generated Sh 411.8 million after the auction of 7,135 bags of coffee during the weekly market. The market fetched less compared to Sh 565.4 million of last week after the sale of 8,674 bags of coffee. In the auction, 10 coffee brokers participated offering 1,069 bags…

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The directors from the east of the rift have accused the Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Kiprono Rono for playing politics misleading the farmers in the west on the bonus payment. The KTDA directors led by Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe are calling for his exit from the Ministry of agriculture  for…

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee farmers with the larger Kangema, Murang’a boycotted harvesting their coffee demanding immediate closure of a coffee pulping factory, implicated with coffee hawking.  The farmers drawn from Iyego, New Kiriti and Kangunu cooperative societies among others  accused the authorities over allowing the establishment of Marga factory and purchase of coffee cherries,…

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Small scale holder tea factories under KTDA last week made Sh 686.3 million  after the auction of 2,629,511kgs. In the previous week, the market earned the factories in excess of Sh 639.3 million after the auction of 2,478,133 kgs. During the auction at the Mombasa Tea Auction Imenti Sh 4 million …

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market earned  Sh 644.6 million after the sale of 10,770 bags of coffee weighing 671,180 kgs at Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The payment reflected a decline compared to last week’s auction of Sh 704 million. Coffee estates and cooperatives whose produce was marketed by the  New KPCU and Alliance…

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market during the weekly auction netted Sh 704 million after the sale of 11,179 bags of coffee. The payment was less compared to last week’s Sh 915.4 million following the auction of 15,582 bags of the commodity. It was the first auction in the year 2025/2026, after the year…

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Parliamentarians  from the West of the Rift called  for a Committee to investigate Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) operations over the reduced bonus payment.  which they have accused of being corrupt following the discrepancies in 2025 tea bonuses payment. In a press conference the Members led by  Brighton Yegon the vice…

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has assured tea farmers of the government’s firm commitment to eliminate cartels in the sector in a bid to increase bonuses following depressed pay this year. Prof. Kindiki said farmers received lower bonuses this year despite the sector reporting notable growth over the last two years because…

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya’s coffee market achieved a payment of Sh915.4 million after the auction of 15,582 bags of the commodity at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE), at the closure of the coffee year 2024/2025 on September 30. The payment market improved slightly compared to the last Sh 830.4 million after the auction of…