Meru Coffee Farmers Cooperative Society assets cause leadership rift

With a membership of 93,687 men and 58,958 women, the union is led by 63delegates elected from the 34 societies who also elect seven directors and three supervisory committee members. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Leadership wrangles threaten the success of Meru County's biggest cooperative union.

At the heart of the brewing wrangles pitting members of the giant Meru Central Coffee Cooperative Union (MCCCU) are properties worth multi-million shillings, centrally in Meru and Nairobi counties.