Nineteen coffee buyers bought 16,862 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) at the weekly auction. The buyer spent Sh650.7 million from the sale of the produce delivered by nine coffee brokers led by Alliance Berries and Meru Union from the 784 cooperatives and estate farmers. The factories that achieved the best prices…
The Mountain Journal Coffee farmers raised Sh715 million after the sale of 19,478 bags of coffee in the weekly auction at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). In the auction, Grade AA marketed by Alliance Berries Limited sourced from Kimathi, Kiairia, Mihuti, and Gatomboya factories achieved the highest sales. Kimathi factory registered the highest price of…
The Mountain Journal The election of John Chebochok at Tegat/Toror tea factory as director has been nullified. Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Paul Rono says in a letter Chebochok ceased being a KTDA director following the swearing-in of other directors. Chebochok, a former James Finlay contractor, was exposed by the BBC in 2023 for allegedly…
The Mountain Journal Kiru Tea Factory Chairman Chege Kirundi was re-elected Board member to represent zone three zone. The BM election convened at Kanyenya ini tea factory saw Kirundi garnering 14 votes against the Chairman at Githambo tea factory Mr Joseph Karanu’s eight votes. The zone BM election was postponed last week after it emerged…
The Mountain Journal Ground is set for the KTDA Holding election with a focus on the incumbent Enos Njeru and Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe. The two front runners have been holding strategic meetings with their supporters ahead of Friday’s election in Nairobi. Njeru from Zone Six was re-elected unopposed as the board member while…
The Mountain Journal Tea farmers from Kirinyaga and Embu counties are pleading with Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe to concentrate on his parliamentary duties and stop meddling in the tea sector affairs. The farmers said he should resign from the MP position if want to contest the KTDA Holding chairmanship position. The tea farmers from KTDA…
The Mountain Journal Campaigns for KTDA Holding leadership have gained momentum in the counties, with candidates holding strategic meetings ahead of today’s board members elections. The 12 positions in East and West of Rift Valley have attracted 26 directors with majority holding strategic meetings to pick their own for the lucrative board members positions. Already,…
The Mountain Journal KTDA Chairman Enos Njeru is among the tea factory directors who were re-elected unopposed for the position of the board members. In Mt Kenya region, Njeru was re-elected unopposed to represent zone six in the KTDA board of directors. Ngere tea factory vice chairman Mr James Githinji from zone two was also…
The Mountain Journal The High Court has stopped tea farmers from holding special general meetings for Kimunye, Ndima, Thumaita and Mununga tea factories in Kirinyaga county. The order issued by Justice Joe Omido followed a petition lodged by Jane Nyaguthii Kinyua, and Frederick Kinyua and eight others moved to court lodging a suit against IEBC,…
The Mountain Journal Demand for the resignation of a tea factory director has started with LSK pressurising. The lawyers body has exerted pressure seeking resignation of John Chebochol as a director at Toror Tea Factory in the west of rift. The lawyers call for his exit from the public office following his implication with a…
