- CS Wycliffe Oparanya urged investors and cooperatives to act on coffee sector reforms to revive Kenya’s coffee industry.
- The government has disbursed over KSh6 billion through the Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund to support smallholder farmers.
- Oparanya said the Cooperative Societies Bill and other reforms will strengthen governance and boost the sector’s recovery.
Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development Cabinet Secretary (CS) Wycliffe Oparanya has urged private sector players and cooperative stakeholders to move from talk to action to fully restore Kenya’s coffee subsector.
He was speaking at the official opening of the 2026 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Hand in Hand Local Private Sector Investment Forum in Nairobi. The CS reaffirmed the government’s commitment to turning around the fortunes of smallholder coffee farmers through targeted public private investments.
Oparanya said the Ministry has rolled out several financial and structural measures to stabilise the subsector. These include the disbursement of more than Ksh 6 billion to farmers through the Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund, which has eased liquidity constraints for growers across the country’s coffee producing regions.
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Turning to the regulatory environment, the CS signalled an impending shift in sectoral management and financial accountability.
“The Cooperative Societies Bill is in its final stages in Parliament and will enforce strict governance across our cooperatives. At the same time, the government is actively clearing legacy debts to build a sustainable coffee sector,” he said.
To support operations at the grassroots level, key vehicles including the New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union and the National Coffee Revitalization Programme have now been fully established. These are complemented by county steering committees and nearly 1,000 newly trained Coffee Champions, who are deployed to give farmers direct technical advisory support.
Oparanya said the state has laid the necessary structural, financial and legal groundwork for recovery. He stressed that it is now up to private sector investors and cooperative leaders to move from discussion to action and restore Kenya’s coffee industry to its full potential.
By Frank Mugwe
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