KTDA Board Member Mr Enos Njeru The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A crisis is looming in the tea sector following a proposal by farmers to institute legal proceedings against the Tea Amendment Bill currently in the committee stage in the parliament The farmers want parliament to halt deliberations on the bill, arguing that if allowed, the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjourna;.co.ke The state suffered a blow after the High Court ordered the coffee regulator to hold a public participation forum on the implementation of coffee exchange fees 2024 in six months. High Court Judge Edward Muriithi in a landmark ruling ordered the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to hold fresh public participation forums…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Kenya tea was exported to 59 export destinations in August this year as the farmers produced 22.86 million kgs. In the month, a report from the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) outlined that Pakistan maintained the leading purchasing 20.83 Million Kgs, accounting for 40 percent of the total export volume. …
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal The coffee cooperative societies and estates fetched Sh 765 million after the sale of 12,296 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The weekly earning is less than last week’s Sh 1.22 billion, after the auction of 13,786 bags. The NCE report stated that 10 coffee brokers participated offering…
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…
