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Coffee berries. Kenyan coffee farmers, cooperatives, and exporters earned significantly higher returns from direct coffee export sales in March 2026. File image

Kenyan coffee farmers earn Ksh1.75B more through direct export sales in March

Kenyan coffee farmers, cooperatives, and exporters earned significantly higher returns from direct coffee export sales in March 2026 as international buyers continued paying premium prices for high-quality and traceable Kenyan coffee outside the traditional auction system. According to a new report by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), growers and exporters sold 1.70 million kilograms…

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CS agriculture and livestock Mutahi Kagwe ( r) and his counterpart from the Ministry of Cooperatives CS Wycliffe Oparanya. Photo Courtesy

Kenya set to launch first global online coffee auction in major sector reform

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…

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Nairobi Coffee Exchange Chairman Peter Gikonyo (right) and acting CEO Lisper Ndung'u addressing the press/photo courtesy

NCE halts implementation of direct payment model to farmers

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…

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Cooperatives and Micro and Small Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary speaks during the Annual National Co-operatives CEOs workshop in Mombasa. Photo:courtesy

Government plans to roll out new Co-operatives Act on Ushirika Day

Cooperatives and Micro and Small Enterprise said development Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui government plans to roll out a new Co-operatives Act during this year’s Ushirika Day celebrations. Chelugui said Cooperatives Bill No. 7 of 2024 overcame last challenge following an agreement between the Ministry and the Council of Governors on contentious and emerging issues. Chelugui…

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