Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and cooperative CS Wycliffe Oparanya check coffee brands during Ushirika Day.Photo Obegi Malack.
Coffee cooperatives reject Government’s direct pay to farmers
The National Coffee Cooperative Union (NACCU) has rejected a government directive seeking to implement a direct-to-farmer payment model under the Direct Settlement System (DSS), arguing that the policy threatens to dismantle long-standing cooperative structures that manage coffee earnings at pulping-station level. NACCU Chairman Felix Mureithi Mwai said the directive issued on November 2024 by Cabinet…
