Coffee farmers in Rift cry out after millers' licences revoked

Small-scale coffee farmer Jacob Ruto at his farm in Lelmokwo Ngechek Ward, Nandi County. [Titus Too, Standard]

Coffee farmers in the North Rift region are staring at huge losses as government intensifies reforms in the sub-sector that has led to cancellation of licenses issued to private millers.

An outcry has erupted as farmers who are currently pulping their crop ready for processing, said they have nowhere to take it, since operations have been halted by private millers after revocation of licenses.