Coffee Taskforce Implementation Committee chairman Prof Joseph Keiyah (centre) with Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi (right) and Deputy governor Titus Ntuchiu when the team visited Meru for a public meeting on the proposed national coffee subsector policy. [Wainaina Ndung'u, Standard]
The operations of a scheme designed to provide cash-strapped coffee farmers with advance payment for their cherry has gotten bogged down in bureaucracy.