Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has reiterated that the government is finalising modalities for releasing the enhanced coffee cherry advance revolving funds to farmers. Gachagua revealed this during a meeting with Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Simon Chelugui and other stakeholders in the subsector on Tuesday. The DP said the meeting was aimed at rolling out a raft of reforms aimed at revitalising the coffee sector. The only problem is farmers should get what they deserve because they have been oppressed for a long time," he said. He emphasised that he would not relent until the coffee farmers got what they deserved.

Source: Daily Nation November 14, 2023 18:44 UTC