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Licensing issues causing delays in coffee milling for Kenyan farmers

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Coffee farmers being taught best farming practices during a meeting at Mutitu coffee factory in Kandara, Murang'a. [Boniface Gikandi,Standard]

Coffee farmers across the country have protested delays in milling operations which they claim is hampering efforts to effectively revive the sector.

In the implementation of the coffee reforms, milling plants associated with the estate farmers were closed after they failed to comply with set regulations.

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