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Who is really blame for coffee theft?

Coffee theft in Nyeri and the surrounding counties has reached epidemic levels as the Government continues keeping mum. Farmers are losing livelihoods in a country that has a police force and an elaborate licensing procedure for coffee production.

In a game that gives a hint of a major player or players, who bribe officers at all roadblocks, State stands accused of being an accessory to these well-planned heists that amount to systematic economic sabotage of people from central Kenya.

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