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Nandi unveils reforms to protect coffee farmers from exploitation, fake seedlings

Sacco ReviewSeptember 21, 202504 mins

The Nandi county government has unveiled bold reforms in the coffee sector, aimed at protecting farmers from exploitation, restoring order in the value chain and positioning local coffee as a premium global brand. The County Executive for Agriculture and Cooperative Development, Dr. Kiplimo Arap Lagat announced nine directives touching on marketing, licensing, cooperative governance and…

Vihiga trains coffee farmers to comply with EU market compliance, revive coffee farming

Sacco ReviewSeptember 12, 202503 mins

Vihiga County Government has launched a training and sensitization drive to help coffee farmers comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a move aimed at safeguarding the county’s largest export market. The exercise coordinated by Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA) Coffee Directorate and Kenya Forest Service, was held through the Directorates of Agriculture and…

Bungoma coffee farmers urged to join cooperatives for better earnings

Sacco ReviewSeptember 12, 202502 mins

Bungoma County leaders have urged coffee farmers to embrace cooperatives and savings and credit societies (SACCOs) as a pathway to higher earnings and a stronger coffee sector. Addressing growers at Lukusi Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Mihuu Ward, Webuye East, County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Agriculture, Eng. Herbert Kibunguchi, said organized farming groups are better…

AFA licenses 152 coffee dealers in the 2025/26 financial year

Sacco ReviewAugust 26, 202503 mins

The Agriculture and Food Authority, (AFA) has licensed a total of 152 coffee dealers to export coffee from Kenya. In a statement on Tuesday AFA director general Dr Bruno Linyiru stated that the dealers were licensed under various categories, coffee Buyers are 126, Coffee Warehousemen 15 and Coffee Agents 11. Dr Linyiru stated that there…

Gatagua coffee farmers receive 30,000 seedlings in sector revival plan in Murang’a

Sacco ReviewAugust 6, 202502 mins

Farmers from Gatagua Coffee Farmers Cooperative Society in Murang’a County have received 30,000 coffee seedlings under the Revival of Coffee through Cooperative Societies Programme. The distribution was carried out by New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (New KPCU PLC) as part of a nationwide effort to boost coffee production. The programme, led by New KPCU, targets…

Coffee farmers earn big as Nairobi auction nets sh553 million

Sacco ReviewJuly 31, 202505 mins

Kenyan coffee farmers have earned a significant boost this week after the Nairobi Coffee Exchange recorded sales worth Ksh553.1 million. The auction, held in Nairobi, saw 10,494 bags of coffee sold to twelve local and international buyers. This is a major increase from the previous week’s total of Sh190.5 million, signaling renewed strength in the…

Coffee farmers to reap big once Cooperative Bill is implemented, CS Oparanya reveals

Sacco ReviewJuly 12, 202508 mins

Coffee farmers are set to reap big once government led coffee reforms take effect and the Cooperative bill is implemented to the letter. Co-operatives and Micro and Small Enterprises Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya said the reforms will cut off farmer’s exploitation by cartels and brokers, strictly enforcing governance and leadership term limits to avoid mismanagement…

NCE halts implementation of direct payment model to farmers

Sacco ReviewJuly 11, 202503 mins

Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) has put on hold implementation of the direct payment models to the coffee farmers on a weekly basis. The move to transition to the farmer direct payment model from the Direct Settlement Systems, (DSS) that remitted the coffee proceeds through the cooperative societies, was ordered to be suspended by the NCE Acting…

Coffee farmers oppose Direct Payment System amid government directives

Sacco ReviewJuly 4, 2025July 9, 202508 mins

The government has accelerated coffee reforms, focusing on diverting payment points to the Direct Settlement System (DSS), which has met strong resistance. President William Ruto, during his Mt. Kenya Development tour two months ago, stirred controversy when he announced that from June, coffee proceeds would be remitted directly to farmers, bypassing cooperative society management committees….

Oparanya warns against embezzlement of coffee farmers money

Sacco ReviewJune 13, 202504 mins

Management committees running various coffee cooperative societies in Ukambani region have been cautioned against mismanagement and embezzlement of farmers’ money from the coffee proceeds. Cooperative CS Wycliffe Oparaya said on Thursday that the rampant reports of numerous cooperative societies in the constituency sinking into huge debts from financial institutions were worrying. The CS who addressed…