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Coffee farmers in bid to participate at auctions

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Kipkelion West Member of Parliament Hillary Koskei. [File, Standard]

More than 9,000 coffee farmers under the Kipkelion District Cooperative Union (KDCU) have petitioned the Nairobi Coffee Exchange to allow them a chance to trade at the auction.

The union's chairman Mathew Bore said although they have a trading license, NCE was yet to issue them with lot numbers and codes for their coffee. NCE is mandated to manage coffee central auctions in the country.

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