DP Gachagua warns coffee and tea cartels against exploiting farmers

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addresses mourners during the funeral service of former New Kenya Cooperative Creameries Chairman late Eliud Matu Wamae at Giakaibei Catholic church in Mathira, Nyeri county, December 22, 2022. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has warned brokers and cartels in the tea and coffee sector that have been frustrating farmers that the Kenya Kwanza government will deal firmly with them.

The DP was speaking in Giakaibei in Nyeri County when he led a host of leaders who attended the funeral of former Mathira MP Matu Wamae who he eulogised as a national hero who served Kenyans.