The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The weekly coffee market generated Sh637.1 million on Tuesday, after the auction of 12,144 bags of coffee. The report indicated that farmers in cooperatives and estates earned more compared to the previous year’s auction of Sh429.9 million. In the market coffee brokered by Alliance Berries Limited, Kirinyaga Slopes, and New KPCU…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea factories last week sold 4,229,912 kgs of tea that fetched Sh1.4 billion at the Mombasa Tea Auction. In the market reports, factories in the east of rift fetched Sh1.05 billion after the sale of 2.5 million kgs of team, while the west of rift sold 1.7 million kgs for Sh430.7…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Savings and credit societies have asked the government to establish strict regulations that will control and monitor operations of Sacco unions that will control and monitor operations of the saccos are crucial. The leadership in the saccos have petitioned the government to ensure maximum protection of the members resources in the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea stakeholders have initiated a programmes that will train farmers in the west of the rift on enhanced quality production. The programme by Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) and KTDA will help in training the farmers at Mumol tea factory between November 26,and November 29 and between December 2 and December…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Five counties have launched a children’s policy designed to help in the formulation of friendly regulations for the interest of the young. During celebrations to mark World Children’s Day in Murang’a, the children’s department identified Mombasa, Turkana, Murang’a, Kakamega, and Nyamira as the only devolved units that have launched the policy…
Prominent Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has appeared before a military court in the capital, Kampala, where he has denied charges that include the illegal possession of firearms and negotiating to buy arms abroad. His appearance comes after his wife said he was kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya last Saturday and sent back home where was…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Nine coffee brokers presented 9,017 bags of coffee traded at Sh 429.9 million at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). In the auction, grade AA brokered by the Alliance Berries Limited from Gitura and Munani factories achieved the highest price of Sh 45,103. Grade AB, Makiou factory brokered by CEBBL achieved the…
Coffee prices surged to their highest levels in the latest auction, driven by strong demand as buyers stockpile ahead of the European Union’s deforestation regulation, which threatens to tighten market supplies. In Kenya, the cost of Arabica surged to $276 for a 50-kilo bag, up from $251 in the previous sale, marking the highest value…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya is set to install nuclear energy that will be operational by 2034. An area where the project, the first of its kind in Kenya, will be constructed has been identified in the southern part of Kilifi. In the past deliberation on the power project met stiff opposition from the environmentalist…
By BBC Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged to work with incoming President Donald Trump in his final meeting with current US leader Joe Biden. The two met on Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru where they acknowledged “ups and downs” in relations over Biden’s four years…
