CS quizzed over Sh1.5b coffee fundAgriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya () was yesterday put to task to explain why Sh1.5 billion provided by the World Bank to help revival of coffee production in Kenya has only benefited counties in the Mt Kenya region. The Senate Agriculture Committee, chaired by Embu's Njeru Ndwiga, demanded to know why other coffee producing regions were left out. "It is not true that most of our coffee is grown in central region. Nominated Senator Naomi Siyonga accused Munya of bias noting there are other regions that grow more coffee than central Kenya. We have other parts of the country where coffee is doing better other than central region.

Source: Standard Digital May 04, 2020 20:00 UTC