The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke An inquiry team on tea pricing instituted following the acrimony on disparities on bonus payment will visit key stakeholders between east and west of the rift starting today in the west of the rift. The parliamentary inquiry committee chaired by Tigania West MP Dr John Mutunga, is scheduled to visit seven…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea factories under the KTDA management earned Sh 1,224,991,440 after the auction of 4,803,888 kgs. The weekly payment posted the highest returns in the last three months. The leading factories in achieving the premier prices were Mununga Sh 38.7 million after the sale of 115,184kgs , Imenti Sh 21.2 million (64,268kgs),…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi coffee market earned Sh 887.3 million after the auction of 13,786 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The earning was more than Sh447.7 million last week after the auction of 7,147 bags. The NCE report indicates that 4,528 bags of grade AA were offered, 4,735 bags…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nyandarua county government has invested in the introduction of coffee farming in Ndaragwa constituency. The introduction is part of the ambitious programme by the government to increase production focusing on the non traditional areas. Nyandarua Governor Kiarie Bandilisha said the introduction of the crop following farmers sensitisation meetings at Ndugino…
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,…
