Murang’a county coffee growers have raised concerns with some of the new coffee regulations terming them as detrimental to the coffee sub sector. The Murang'a county coffee farmers cooperative union said some regulations will restrict transportation, introduce cherry hawking and promote coffee theft. Francis Ngone, the board’s chairman, says the gazetted rules will also kill the coffee cooperatives societies, Saccos and promote cartels. He said the gazetted rules will wipe out cooperatives because they will no longer handle any sale proceeds and fail to fulfill their current economic role of financing its members.
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