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George Gichuru a member of Kagere Farmers Coffee Factory attend his crop in his farm at Othaya, Nyeri County. Poor management and infiltration of brokers in marketing chain has termed as one major problem in coffee sector. PHOTO KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD.
KENYA: Early this year, Kagere Coffee Factory made headlines when members, who were opposed to a marketing pool that had been introduced by the Nyeri County government, burnt down bags of their own coffee.
One such farmer was George Gichuru who inherited his 1,000 coffee bushes from his late father, who had planted them in 1969.
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