Farmers' society board, CEO axed in Oparanya's co-operatives cleanup

Coffee farmers affiliated tro Barichu Coffee Society in Karatina taken through a session by an agriculture extension officcer during the farmers' field day in Nyeri. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

The board and chief executive of Barichu Farmers' Co-operative Society have been ordered to step aside as the government continues to crack the whip on rogue Saccos and Societies.

The order comes just days after Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMEs) Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya vowed to clean up the sector.