The Mountain Journal A consignment of 47,400 metric tonnes of NPK fertilizer for smallholder tea farmers under KTDA factories docked in Mombasa Port on Friday. The consignment is part of the order placed by the agency of 97,000 metric tonnes meant to support the production of quality green leaf to satisfy the local and international…
BY DPCS Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has cautioned leaders against divisive politics and asked them to work for the people. Mr Gachagua, during a stopover in Nyeri Town after opening the Central Kenya National Show, took on a section of leaders, whom he said, are in early campaigns and trying to divide Kenyans into camps…
BY DPCS Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has asked Coffee Cooperative Societies to publish and make known details of their financial costs and deductions to their members. This comes amid heightened efforts to entrench efficient financial management practices in the cooperative movement through legal, regulatory and policy reforms, alongside the coffee subsector. At the same time,…
The Mountain Journal Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli has been ordered to serve a six months in prison after he was found guilty of contempt. Justice Lawrence Mugambi has ordered Masengeli to present himself to the Commissioner General of Prisons to start the senetence. “Masengeli is to surrender himself to the Commissioner General…
The Mountain Journal A giant coffee cooperative in Kiharu has elected a new management committee after the former snubbed two meetings convened by the Ministry of Cooperative. Peter Gikonyo, made a comeback at the cooperative society after his election confirmation in February at Gachirago factory was delayed by the management committee led by Peter Kimwere….
The Mountain Journal Running battled ensured in Nairobi Marigiti marker after police engaged the traders protesting to relocate. In the melee property worth millions of shillings among them trucks went up in flames, as the protest entered the second day. The protestors on Wednesday night barricaded Haile Selassie Avenue, disrupting traffic. The market traders oppose…
The Mountain Journal Hell broke loose at the troubled Kangunu Farmers Cooperative Society in Mathioya, Murang’a when farmers were lobbed with teargas canisters after the meeting turned chaotic. Unaware of the happening, the farmers as they awaited the presence of senior administrators and Murang’a director of the cooperative were shocked that the meeting they were…
The Mountain Journal Despite the prevailing economic times, Nairobi County Assembly has acquired a new mace at Sh33 million. The mace weighing 11 kilogrammes was unveiled this week by speaker Stephen Ng’ondi, when several operations were grounded due to a lack of finances. Nairobi MCAs have said they cannot carry out their oversight responsibilities, as…
BY DPCS Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has asked politicians to stop engaging in unnecessary politicking, including interfering with key sectors like tea that could hamper higher income for thousands of farmers. The Deputy President said it is wrong to politicise everything when Kenyans are waiting for the Government to provide solutions to the economic difficulties…
The Mountain Journal Tea stakeholders have started working on a process that will facilitate the separation of accounts of satellites from the parent factories. A high-profile meeting attended by KTDA Group Chief Executive Officer Wilson Muthaura, Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Paul Rono, and representatives from the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) drew a road map…
