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Detectives have arrested a prime suspect and recovered a significant cache of stolen coffee following a series of theft incidents reported in Kiminini, Trans Nzoia County. The crime wave peaked on the night of November 25, 2025, when a gang of about 50 armed thugs stormed Sowek Kenya Company Limited in Waitakuk. The gang allegedly…
The state has suffered a blow after the High Court ordered the coffee regulator to hold a public participation forum on the implementation of coffee exchange fees 2024 in six months. High Court Judge Edward Muriithi in a landmark ruling ordered the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to hold fresh public participation forums in six months,…
Machakos County is revamping its coffee sector after Governor Wavinya Ndeti championed a transformative investment under the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP). Five coffee cooperative societies in the region have received a major boost with over Ksh 45 million in grants to revamp and modernize their operations. The beneficiary societies include Kasinga Farmers…
Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma has expressed his commitment in reviving coffee farming in Meru County to boost the county’s agricultural sector. Speaking at the Kaguru Agricultural Centre in South Imenti yesterday, the governor supported the local farmers by donating 13,000 coffee seedlings, 22,222 macadamia, and 66 000 Hass avocado seedlings. He also issued 2,800 kilograms of sunflower…
The Central Organization of Trade Unions of Kenya (COTU-K) has urged women trade unionists in the country to take a frontline role in ending child labour within Kenya’s tea and coffee sectors. Speaking on Thursday at the Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu during the opening of a capacity-building workshop for women trade unionists, the…
Sale 1 of the 2025/2026 season took place on 7th October 2025, at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange. A total of 11,179 bags (695,939 kg) of coffee were sold across all brokers. The sale generated a total value of USD 5,222,913, equivalent to approximately Ksh 704 million, with an overall average price of USD 375.24 per…
Kenya is gearing up for a major milestone in its coffee sector as preparations near completion for the country’s first online coffee auction, a move aimed at opening the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) to global buyers and dismantling long-standing market cartels. Cabinet Secretary for agriculture and livestock Mutahi Kagwe, and his counterpart from the Ministry…
Nandi County has stepped up efforts to revive coffee farming through new cooperative and marketing structures aimed at empowering farmers and boosting earnings. The county has formed the Nandi Coffee Cooperative Union (NCCU), established a farmers’ brokerage company, and set up a farmer-owned coffee factory to streamline marketing. Officials say the reforms are designed to…
The government has issued exclusive coffee export licenses to 10 companies, this marks a significant step in the ongoing efforts to reform Kenya’s coffee sector and boost earning for smallholders farmers. In a gazette notice dated August 22, 2025, the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) announced its intention to grant the licenses under the Crops…
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…
