Tea firms earn Sh1.5b at Mombasa auction

KTDA Holding Chairman Enos Njeru lauded farmers for the ongoing plucking of quality green leaves at their farms. [File, Standard]

Tea farmers earned Sh1.5 billion from the weekly sale of 4.6 million kilogrammes (kgs) of tea at the Mombasa tea auction up from the previous Sh1.4 billion. In the sale, the Kimunye factory earned Sh45.5 million after the sale of 108,880 kgs of tea, followed by Ngere with Sh41.9 million with 00,392 kgs.

The sale reflected an increase from the previous week's sale of Sh1.4 billion, following the export of 4.12 million kgs of the commodity to the market. Top performers were Mununga Sh41 million, Mungania Sh38.7 million, Chinga Sh36.3 million, Makomboki Sh35.2 million and Rukiriri Sh34.6 million.