New coffee dealers list stirs up storm in Kenya

Simon Kimaru picks coffee in his farm at Ngamwa Village in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County last month. A storm is brewing in the coffee sector following the publication of a new list of companies allowed to trade in the cash crop. (PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/ STANDARD)

A storm is brewing in the coffee sector following the publication of a new list of companies allowed to trade in the cash crop.

Of concern to farmers is the exclusion of their organisations as well as their umbrella body, the Kenya Planters Co-operative Union (KPCU) from the "black gold" trade.