Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has revealed that cartels are attempting to sabotage the government's plans for coffee reforms. Since the coffee conference in Meru, the market has been disrupted in major ways to disrupt the farmers' trust in these reforms," Gachagua said. However, the DP vowed that the Kenya Kwanza government will remain unbowed on the coffee reforms. “We want our coffee farmers to be able to sell their coffee directly. There is a big disparity in the global coffee prices and what our farmers are getting,” he said, adding that coffee farmers have been getting a raw deal and this needs to change.

Source: The Star August 25, 2023 10:22 UTC