In 2024, Kenyan tea made a significant leap in the Russian market, securing the second spot in terms of tea imports, surpassing Sri Lanka. This notable shift was reported by TASS, citing data from Rosselkhozbank. According to the report, India remains the dominant tea supplier to Russia, accounting for approximately 30% of the imports. However,…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.kei Coffee auction resumed after a break, with 12 local and international dealers buying 18,138 bags of coffee for Sh957,358,702. The earnings at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) registered a decline compared to Sh1.1 billion netted on December 17, after the sale of 21,636 bags. In the NCE report, Baragwi cooperative society’s…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea farmers have received Sh3.2 billion for the payment of green leaf processed in the month of December by smallholder factories across the counties. KTDA Holding Chairman Enos Njeru said the monthly payment for 131.5 million kilogrammes of green leaf delivered for processing in the 70 tea factories. Njeru said the…
Five people died across Germany and a police officer was seriously injured from accidents linked to the powerful fireworks Germans traditionally set off to celebrate the new year, police said in a preliminary count. Germans celebrate the new year with a particularly intense usage of fireworks, which spurs a recurrent debate about outlawing the most…
The Mountain Journal editor@themiuntainjournal.co.ke EABL employee Lilian Nyambura who went missing on December 23, 2024, found alive. Nyambura went missing in Gikono village in Mitumbiri locality and family reported the matter to the police. Murang’a South Deputy County Commissioner Boniface Murungi confirmed her uniting with the family as he declined to give more information. Reports…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has assured Kenyans by the end of January he will provide the political direction his allies will follow in efforts to liberate the nation. Gachagua accompanied by Maragua MP Mary Wamaua, Senator Joe Nyutu and a section of Murang’a MCAs said he will live to…
“It is the economy, stupid”— as Kenyans approach 2025, their economic priorities are shaped by public expectations and they include: Stabilize the cost of basic goods, especially food and energy and offer immediate interventions to support millions living below the poverty line through targeted subsidies and social safety nets. Fight corruption and enhance accountability Settle…
By BBC In the lush, volcanic highlands of Komothai in central Kenya, farmers like Simon Macharia produce coffee on small plantations scattered across the hillsides. Along with other farmers, Mr Macharia brings sacks of his bright red coffee cherries to the local processing plant, where they are weighed and treated. A machine removes the red…
By AFP Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981, has died, his nonprofit foundation said Sunday. Carter had been in hospice care since mid-February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia, the same small town…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournalco.ke Twenty three secondary school Principals in Murang’a have been reshuffled. The reshuffle effected by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is aimed at streamlining the management of the schools and installation of discipline to the learners. The affected schools are Njumbi, Nyagatugu, Ngurwe ini, Kiarathe, Rwathia Girls, Gititu Wahundura,among others. In the…
