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Smallholders up in arms over coffee sector reforms

The abrupt end of milling and marketing by multinational players is disrupting Kenya's coffee sector. Faced with unsold product and growing stocks of green beans, small-scale producers are calling on the government to reverse its policy.

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Starbucks pours cold water on Gachagua's plans

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.

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

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Deputy President Gachagua single-handedly steers ambitious coffee reform

Rigathi Gachagua, who has been tasked with revitalising Kenya's coffee industry, has dismissed a number of experts and officials in the sector. He is also using his open war on multinational trading companies to try to consolidate his political base.

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Rigathi Gachagua (left) and William Ruto, 30 June 2022.

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Ruto-Kenyatta tea war spreads to KTDA

The president and his deputy are continuing their purge of the tea sector, from which executives close to the Uhuru Kenyatta administration are continuing their exodus. The Kenya Tea Development Agency consortium is now in the firing line.

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Harvesting tea around Limuru, on the eastern edge of the Rift Valley.

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Smallholders up in arms over coffee sector reforms

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Starbucks pours cold water on Gachagua's plans

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Deputy President Gachagua single-handedly steers ambitious coffee reform

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Kenya
Gachagua coffee reform adviser controversially takes helm of brokerage firm

Kenya
Smallholders up in arms over coffee sector reforms

Ethiopia
New EU rules prompt coffee sector to seek fresh markets

Kenya
Starbucks pours cold water on Gachagua's plans

Ethiopia
Coffee sector hobbled by drive for foreign currency

Kenya
Deputy President Gachagua single-handedly steers ambitious coffee reform

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Ruto-Kenyatta tea war spreads to KTDA