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How government plans to revive coffee farming in Western Kenya

Cooperatives and MSME Development CS Wycliffe Oparanya (center) and Sirisia Mp John Waluke console's Marama North MCA Edwin Nandwa during burial service of his (Nandwa) mother Elena Nandwa at Ebutayi village in Buetre Sub-county on May 24, 2024. [Benjamin Sakwa/ Standard]

The Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development has distributed 400,000 free robusta coffee seedlings to farmers in Busia County.

Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya stated that the free seedlings will boost coffee farming and production in Busia County.

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