Strengthen coffee factories to improve welfare of farmers
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who has vowed to lead the war on cartels in the coffee industry, should push for the enactment of the Coffee Bill into law. This will transform factories into innovation hubs.
A story is told of a big foreign buyer of Kenyan coffee who once visited the country to meet local coffee farmers.
Hundreds of them trooped to the venue excited at the prospects of better fortunes. The wealthy investor arrived at the venue and after sitting patiently for a while, sipping bottled water, he wondered why the farmers were late for such an important meeting, and who were all these people in the stadium, were they labourers?
