Coffee farmers in protest over delay in their payment

Coffee berries laid out to dry at a farm in Tetu, Nyeri. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Coffee farmers affiliated to Muthithi Co-operative Society in Kigumo, have protested over delay by their management to remit their payment.

The farmers affiliated to New Njora, Kamugi and Gatune coffee factories claim that produce sold between March and September last year have not been paid after the proceeds were allegedly hoarded by a financial institution.