Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has asked coffee farmers to be patient as the government works to break the network of cartels that have been operating in the subsector for decades. The Deputy President also hosted officials of Baricho Coffee Farmers Cooperative Society at his Nyeri home where he updated them on the reforms. In this war against coffee cartels, we will succeed. As part of their strategy to curtail the ongoing reforms in the coffee, sector, Gachagua on Sunday claimed that cartels attempted to bribe him and Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi. This CS cannot betray farmers)," Gachagua said while speaking in Meru.

Source: The Star October 02, 2023 17:29 UTC