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Confusion looms as Nairobi coffee auction reopens

Coffee berries being sorted at a farm in Tetu, Nyeri. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

The resumption of operations of the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) will be full of challenges after some major millers and marketers opted not to participate in the auction.

The re-opening of the NCE on August 15, as ordered by its Chief Executive Risper Ndung'u, will have only 2,705 bags of coffee in sale number 30.

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