With less than a kilometre to go before the border point, we find the lorries parked strategically facing Bumbo. Coffee cherriesWafula says they usually take the coffee cherries to Bugishu Co-operative Union, located in Mbale town, Uganda. Lwandanyi Coffee Farmers Co-ordinator Job Butali said they were considering uprooting their coffee if action was not taken to cushion them against the Ugandan cartels. "Farmers are suffering and there's need to protect them from coffee cartels," he said. The Government should put in place measures to help coffee farmers get good returns, which will keep the Ugandan cartels at bay," said Mr Ombati.

Source: Standard Digital October 24, 2017 07:04 UTC