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Lukewarm start to coffee reforms drive puts farmers on edge

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The National Coffee Cooperative Union Chairman Francis Ngone flanked by other board members address the press after coffee stakeholders consultative meeting. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

A few months after the Kenya Kwanza administration embarked on a coffee sector reform journey, impatient farmers now want the proposed changes fast-tracked.

The farmers say they fear cartels might hijack the process midway, derailing the much-awaited reforms.

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