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…
The Mountain Journal The weekly tea auction generated Sh767.5 million after the sale of 2.058 million kgs of made tea. In the sale dated September 23, Momul Factory achieved the highest price of Sh27 million. Factories in the east of the rift sold 1.4 million kgs, while those from the west of the rift marketed …
The Mountain Journal Thirteen coffee buyers bought 11,480 bags of coffee at Sh471,279,861 during the weekly auction at Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The proceeds at the first auction in the coffee year 2024/2025 was lower compared to the previous of Sh566.3 million after selling 13,937 bags of the commodity. In the market Kikambuani factory affiliated…
The Mountain Journal In the past year, the coffee sector has made major milestones with farmers following the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) online during the weekly auction. Nearly all the cooperative societies have managed to sell their produce through the auction with a few using the direct sale window. But there has been a shortcoming…
