The Kenyan coffee market fetched Sh 465,312,817 during the weekly auction after the sale of 12,102 bags. The consignment weighing 745,242 kilogrammes was purchased by 17 local and international buyers. In the market Alliance Berries and NKPCU delivered the most coffee for the auction. Nduluma Coffee Factory in Tharaka Nithi and Githembe factory based in…
Government agencies have launched a crackdown on fake pesticides stocks in the market. The crackdown was launched when the majority of Kenyans have shifted to organic foods owing to massive spraying of chemicals with unknown chemicals. The teams compromising officials from the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), and the Directorate of…
The Mountain Journal The government has suspended the reserve price on tea in a move to clear the old stocks of unsold produce lying in the warehouses. In a meeting with the tea buyers and KTDA Holding leadership , the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Dr Andrew Mwihia Karanja, his first business, suspended the reserve price on…
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,…
