Break cartels ravaging the ailing coffee sector

Reports that cartels in the coffee sector have siphoned Sh27 billion from farmers in the last seven years should set alarm bells ringing all the way to State House.

The hope, which springs eternal in optimists and well-wishers’ hearts, is that President Uhuru Kenyatta will direct officials at the ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to come clean on exactly what is going on in the industry that brings together over 600 co-operative societies, 700,000 members and produce 60 per cent of the country’s total coffee output.