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Gachagua's coffee reforms leave bitter taste in Mount Kenya

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“East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector”

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East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

An important source of foreign currency, coffee exports are the subject of a power struggle between multinational trading companies and the region's coffee-producing countries, chief among which are Ethiopia and Kenya. While governments try to impose reforms designed to favour local producers and intermediaries, international traders, notably German and Swiss, seek to maintain their dominant position. Fuelling the stand-off are new European Union directives on traceability and the social and environmental impact of agricultural products, which will have major repercussions across the entire sector. [...]

Kenya's deputy president is doing what he can to make up for coffee farmers' loss of financial support from multinational traders. But the public funds recently made available may not be enough to keep producers sweet. [...]

Published on 26.10.2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Chai Trading
Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre
Ecom
Gathoni Wa Muchomba
Gruppe
Kenya Kwanza
Kenya Tea Development Agency
Nairobi Coffee Exchange
Neumann Kaffee
Rigathi Gachagua
Sucafina

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The US mega-chain has decided not to buy its coffee directly from Kenyan producers. This is unwelcome news for the country's deputy president, who has been tussling with multinational traders and is now trying to smooth things over.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 21.11.2023

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Bogota, Colombia, on 12 September 2023.

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Isolated deputy president Gachagua curbs his lofty ambitions

Kenya's deputy president is losing support within the ruling party, where some are plotting to oust him, and is seeking appeasement by toning down his ambitions.

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Kenya's President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua in Nairobi, Kenya, 4 September 2023.

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Coffee sector hobbled by drive for foreign currency

The Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority has come under fire after limiting the amount of coffee that private individuals can take out of the country. It has been juggling the difficult task of regulating the sector with its ambitious targets for bringing dollars into the country.

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Kenya coffee reforms pummel multinationals, boost local firms

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's zealous coffee reforms, aimed at giving Kenyan firms a larger share of the spoils, have hit multinationals like Neumann Kaffee Gruppe hard. They are also part of the government's attack on the interests of ex-president Kenyatta.

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Samples of coffee beans sit at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange on 11 June 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Gachagua's coffee reforms leave bitter taste in Mount Kenya

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By targeting foreign traders, deputy president alienates part of coffee industry

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Deputy President Gachagua aims to reign over Mount Kenya