The Mountain Journal Fourteen local and international coffee buyers spent Sh 397.1 million in purchasing 9,826 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). During the weekly auction, coffee brokers Alliance Berries Limited and New KPCU delivered the highest consignment of coffee. Munani coffee factory affiliated to Mikumbune cooperative society marketed by Alliance Berries…
The Mountain Journal Kenya tea growers produced 364.1 8 million kgs of green leaf, with smallholders accounting for 197.4 million kgs plucked between January and July this year. In the latest report by the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK), 52.7 million kgs of tea was in July shipped to 63 countries with Pakistan leading with…
The Mountain Journal A relief at the troubled Kangunu coffee cooperative society in Mathioya after the farmers elected a new management committee. Last week, the farmers elected a five man management committee chaired by John Chege after the former committee led by Geoffrey Macharia failed to offer themselves in the much awaited election. The five…
The Mountain Journal Business enterprises in the tea growing belt got a reprieve following circulation of millions of shillings injected from bonus payments. In a spot check in parts of Murang’a, Kirinyaga and Embu counties, traders were stocking their business premises as the farmers withdrew money between Thursday and Saturday. The farmers allied to Nduti,…
The Mountain Journal Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) earned 619 cooperatives and estate farmers close to Sh 371.7 million from the sale of 9,030 bags of coffee. The highest achieved price was Mbee factory of New Mitamboni cooperative affiliated to New KPCU where a bag of AA was sold at Sh40,830. Kaukiswa factory under Kambusu cooperative…
Photo/ KTDA Holding Chairman Enos Njeru The Mountain Journal The Mombasa tea auction last week fetched Sh790.9 million from the sale of 2,106,789 Kgs lower that Sh915.2 million of the previous week. In the market, Githongo tea factory led the pack with Sh27.5 million from the sale of 66,780 kgs, Makomboki Sh23.8 million, 56,400 kgs,…
The Mountain Journal Anti tampering gadgets have been installed in the green leaf weighing scales, in efforts to eradicate falsifying and theft of green leaf. The gadgets have been installed in the weigh scales in all the 71 tea factories designed to improve transparency and accountability in the multi billion shillings sector. The tamper proof…
The Mountain Journal Kenyas’ four smallholder tea factories won recognition awards for producing the best innovative tea in the specialty tea class competition in Kigali, Rwanda. During the sixth African Tea Convention and Exhibition Ragati, Itumbe, Gitugi and Kagwe tea factories were recognised for production of quality tea and emerged the best in the competition….
The Mountain Journal Seventeen coffee buyers on Tuesday purchased 12,313 bags of the coffee at Sh 476 million. During the weekly coffee auction at Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) the payment reflected an increase from the previous of Sh 471.2 million after the sale of 11,480 bags of the commodity. In the market coffee from Kiriga…
The Mountain Journal The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) has ordered the immediate suspension of the tea reserve imposed two years ago, a move designed to end congestion of unsold tea in the Mombasa warehouses. The removal of the reserved price followed a deliberation by the tea market players and the agriculture Cabinet Secretary Dr…
