Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Simon Chelugui this week hosted in his office hosted a delegation from Kipkelion District Cooperative Union (KDCU) led by Chairman Mathew Bore.
Chelugui noted that the cooperative has made significant progress since last October during a fact-finding tour of Kipkelion Coffee Mill at Fort Tenan in Kipkelion West, Kericho County.
“According to the latest figures presented by Bore and his team, production has surged by over 200 per cent in the past six months,” Chelugui wrote on his X handle.
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“This demonstrates that the coffee reforms, particularly the Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund (CCARF), are yielding tangible results.”
He added, “To our farmers, want to reassure you that as a Ministry, we are fully committed to making this sector profitable, sustainable, and lucrative. Together, we will achieve this goal.”
KDCU was registered in September 2009 and started coffee milling in January 2012. The member-owned organisation has over 43,000 coffee farmers in the country.
A presidential task force formed in 2016 spearheaded the formulation of a new legal and regulatory framework to govern the coffee subsector.
By our reporter
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