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Interests hold back coffee revival

Coffee at a farm in Itierio village in Bonchari sub county in Kisii County. [Photo by Denish Ochieng/Standard]

Kenya’s coffee sector has continued to decline despite Government efforts to revive what was once the country’s leading foreign exchange earner.

Latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows the volume of coffee exports from the country declined by 13.8 per cent last year alone.

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