Migori locals to benefit from Sh30m coffee factory

Deputy President William Ruto joins dancers during a meeting at Chinato Primary School grounds in Kuria East, Migori County, yesterday. [Caleb Kigwara, Standard]

Deputy President William Ruto has announced that the government will put up a Sh30 million coffee milling plant in Kuria East, Migori County.

Ruto said Ministry of Agriculture will fund the project with a grant of Sh15 million while the rest will be a loan to the four coffee cooperatives in the area through the Commodities Fund. “The Government will support small and large scale farmers to boost the country’s food security. The support to the farmers is part of the Government’s agenda four and the funding is well catered for in the current budget,” Ruto said yesterday at Chinato Primary School in Kuria East.