The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has cautioned politicians against turning tea prices into a divisive regional debate, saying the challenges in the value chain are technical. Kagwe said the concerns raised should be addressed through policy, data, and improved quality standards rather than political rhetoric. Speaking in Embu County, during the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A coffee factory in Murang’a made a market at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange after it achived the highest price of 60,073 per bag of grade AA brokered by the Alliance Berries Limited. It was the first time for the factory under Thanga ini Farmers Cooperative Society in Kigumo to register the…
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…
