It's a mixed bag for State's coffee reforms, a year on

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua (C) chats with coffee farmers as Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi and Governors Kawira Mwangaza look on during the Coffee Summit in Meru County on June 9, 2023. [DPCS]

The ongoing reforms in the coffee sector by the government have borne mixed results.

The Kenya Kwanza administration at the start of last year embarked on a coffee sector reform journey, hoping it could take on the challenges crippling the once vibrant sector, which past regimes tried to steer into a growth path but fell short.