coffee News

Esther defends title at Kenya National Barista Championships
By Kimuri Mwangi Esther Atieno Ochieng successfully defended her title at the 19th Kenya National

Elgeyo Marakwet County starts a ward coffee planting initiative
The Elgeyo Marakwet County Government has started an initiative to make the County’s escarpment a

The Natural Coffee Millions in Mathira give farmers hope
By Kimuri Mwangi Ruguru Ward in Mathira Constituency in Nyeri County is the home of

Nandi working to increase coffee production
Nandi County is working to increase coffee production in Nandi County and make it one

Coffee reforms – which way as Deputy President takes over?
By Kimuri Mwangi The National Task Force on Coffee Sub Sector Reforms was appointed vide

Makueni coffee farmers receive seedlings
Over 1,000 farmers from Mbooni Sub-County in Makueni County benefitted from coffee seedlings by the

Coffee farming increasing in Uasin Gishu
The crop diversification message championed by the County government of Uasin Gishu over the years

Kiambu County coffee brand in the pipeline
The County Government of Kiambu has partnered with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in

Coffee farmers to benefit from climate change initiative
Coffee farmers in Trans Nzoia County are set to benefit from a climate change initiative

Trans Nzoia commissions Kshs. 2o Million dam
Trans Nzoia County Government has commissioned the construction of Amani dam in Chepchoina Endebess sub-county

Kenya to host the first Africa Coffee Summit
Kenya will host the first G25 African Coffee Summit this week. The country was granted

Trans Nzoia to adopt modern coffee processing as more farmers embrace coffee farming
Coffee farmers in Trans Nzoia County are set to be beneficiaries of a post-harvest processing

Coffee farmers earn Kshs 105.1 million from South Korea
Nine thousand five hundred eighty two (9582) smallholder coffee farmers under Kipkelion District Co-operative Union

Kericho coffee off to Korea
Kericho County flagged off the first consignment of coffee to a direct market in South

National Coffee Farm Inputs Stimulus Package E-Subsidy Programme launched
The government has launched the National Coffee Farm Inputs Stimulus Package E-Subsidy Programme. The stimulus

Coffee farmers get support in Nakuru
A partnership between the County Government of Nakuru and the Kenya Coffee Platform Association (KCPA)

Kenya targeting Universities to increase local Coffee consumption.
By Kimuri Mwangi Through the Coffee Directorate, the Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA) has facilitated

The Coffee Bill, 2021 at a glance
The Coffee Bill 2021 is undergoing public participation by the National Assembly. Some of the

Leave the coffee exchange alone- Munya tells CMA
Agriculture CS Peter Munya has told the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to keep off the

Trans Nzoia promoting coffee farming under diversification program
Trans Nzoia County is promoting Coffee as one of the major crops under the crop

Uasin Gishu County promoting coffee farming
Farmers in Uasin Gishu County Agriculture Chief Officer Julius Rotich has urged registered farmers to

Nyeri MCA targeting coffee and poultry to change his ward
By Kimuri Mwangi Listening to Kirimukuyu Ward MCA Muriithi Ndagita talk about agriculture, one gets

Coffee Cherry fund regulations could be reviewed
The government is was considering revising the Coffee Cherry Fund regulations so that coffee farmers

Munya warns Coffee Societies officials over Coffee Cherry fund
By Kimuri Mwangi Agriculture CS Peter Munya has read the riot act to officials of

Nyeri County sets aside Kshs. 17 Million for coffee revitalization
The County Government of Nyeri has set aside Kshs. 17 million for coffee revitalization in

Truck driver arrested after reporting coffee theft
A truck driver who reported the theft of 324 bags of coffee he was transporting

The Weekly Coffee Dose with Henry Kinyua- The coffee bill 2020, here is my take
About two weeks ago the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya published the Coffee Bill 2020

Proposed Coffee Bill 2020 proposes radical changes in the sector
The Coffee Bill 2020 permits coffee factories to register as autonomous societies under the co-operative

Natural Coffee – new idea gives hope to revive factory
By Kimuri Mwangi A goat grazes next to abandoned coffee drying benches that are now

Nyeri Governor’s intervention saves Co-operative from auctioneer’s hammer
By Kimuri Mwangi Farmers from Rumukia Farmers’ Co-operative Society Ltd in Nyeri County can now