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Sh72m coffee machine arrives

Coffee farmers from Kavutiri area in Embu County will benefit from a Sh72 million coffee milling machine. The machine with a capacity of 2.8 tonnes per hour was procured from Brazil and was financed through a loan from Commodities Fund advanced to 21 cooperative societies in the county.

The idea of a county mill was the initiative of Murue Cooperative Society long before the county government was constituted but other coffee cooperatives were incorporated bringing membership to 110,000 farmers.

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